Acts 27:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ There Julius, the military officer, arranged [passage] for us on a ship, [originating] from Alexandria, [and] bound for Italy, and put us on board.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and he transferred us to it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us therein.

Common English Bible

⁶ There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship headed for Italy and put us on board.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he transferred us to it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And there the centurion finding a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy, removed us into it.

Acts 27:6 Cross References

Acts 18:2

There he met a certain Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, [in northern Asia Minor] who, with his wife Priscilla, had recently come from Rome, because Claudius [the Roman Emperor] had ordered all Jews out of that city. Paul met this couple

Acts 18:24

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria [Egypt] and an effective speaker, who was well-grounded in the [Old Testament] Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Acts 27:1

And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and certain other prisoners to the custody of a military officer named Julius, of the Augustan battalion.

Acts 28:11

After three months we set sail on a ship that had spent the winter on the island [of Melita]. This ship had originated from Alexandria and was designated as “Twin Brothers” [Note: The ship may have been named this because of its prow containing the figures of the mythical twin gods of sailors, Castor and Pollux].

Acts 6:9

But several men from the synagogue, made up of freed slaves from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia and Asia, began arguing with Stephen.