Acts 27:6

27:6 There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

Acts 27:37

27:37 (We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.)

sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

tn Grk “finding.” The participle εὑρών (Jeurwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

sn Alexandria (modern Alexandria) was a great city of northern Egypt which was a center for grain trade to Rome. Therefore this type of travel connection was common at the time. For a winter journey (considered hazardous) there were special bonuses and insurance provided (Suetonius, Life of Claudius 18.1-2).

tc One early ms (B) and an early version (sa) read “about seventy-six.” For discussion of how this variant probably arose, see F. F. Bruce, The Acts of the Apostles, 465.

sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.