Place · Egypt · modern Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria
Alexandria was a major city in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great, and is noted in the New Testament as a place from which ships sailed, including the one that took Paul to Rome (Acts 27:6).
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Where Alexandria appears
3 passages across 1 book.
Passages set in Alexandria
- Acts 18:24 — And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
- Acts 27:6 — And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
- Acts 28:11 — And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.