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And thereκἀκεῖthe centurionὁ ἑκατοντάρχηςfoundεὑρὼνan AlexandrianἈλεξανδρῖνονshipπλοῖονsailingπλέονtoεἰςItalyτὴν Ἰταλίανandputἐνεβίβασενusἡμᾶςon boardεἰςit.αὐτό
Acts 27:6
Study it in the app“And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy and put us on board it.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 27:6, word by word
- And thereκἀκεῖkakei
and there
And there.
Where else “kakei” appears- the centurionἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēs
centurion
Centurion: a Roman officer in command of about a hundred soldiers.
Where else “hekatontarchēs” appears- foundεὑρὼνheurōn
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurōn” appears- an AlexandrianἈλεξανδρῖνονAlexandrinon
Alexandrian
Alexandrian: of Alexandria, the city in Egypt, as a ship from there.
Where else “Alexandrinon” appears- shipπλοῖονploion
boat
Boat.
Where else “ploion” appears- sailingπλέονpleon
sail
Sail.
Where else “pleon” appears- ItalyἸταλίανItalian
Italy
Italy, the peninsula whose capital was Rome.
Where else “Italian” appears- putἐνεβίβασενenebibasen
put on board
Put on board a ship, embark.
Where else “enebibasen” appears
The context
5And sailing across the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lycia.
6 · This verse (above)
7And sailing slowly for many days and arriving with difficulty off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go on, we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone;
To study Acts 27 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul tell the men on the ship as the storm drags on, and why? (vv. 21-26)
2. What it means
When the sailors want to escape in the boat, why does Paul say they must stay on the ship? (vv. 30-32)
3. How I live it
In the storm, Paul urged everyone to eat and not lose hope (vv. 33-36). How do you stay calm and look after others in a crisis?