“And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.”
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. - At Myra, the centurion finds an Alexandrian grain ship (lembos, lembos-a large merchant vessel) bound for Italy. The transfer shows Roman efficiency: Paul and other prisoners are loaded onto a larger, direct vessel. Alexandria's ships were the largest and most reliable of the ancient world, carrying Egyptian grain to Rome.
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