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

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria , an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus .

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria , which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia , disputing with Stephen.

Accordingly, bearing no ill-will against their kinsmen at Jerusalem , but rather remembering our connection with them, and the numerous matters with sincere heart from a remote period entrusted to them, we wished to venture a total alteration of their state, by bestowing upon them the rights of citizens of Alexandria , and to admit them to the everlasting rites of our solemnities.

THERE lived a man in Babylon , and his name was Joakim:

And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemy.

And Alexander fled into Arabia , that he might be sheltered there; but king Ptolemy was exalted.

On discovering this, so incensed was the wicked king, that he no longer confined his rage to the Jews in Alexandria . Laying his hand more heavily upon those who lived in the country, he gave orders that they should be quickly collected into one place, and most cruelly deprived of their lives.

And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom.

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron , let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt , and the great sea, and the border thereof:

And king Alexander gathered together great forces, and encamped over against Demetrius.

Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt , where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt , which dwell at Migdol , and at Tahpanhes , and at Memphis , and in the country of Pathros , saying,

And Alexander heard of it, and he came against him in war: and Ptolemy led forth his host, and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham , the people grew and multiplied in Egypt ,

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

The people on the island gave us many honors. And after we had been there three months and were ready to leave, they provided us everything we needed for our trip. We got on a ship from Alexandria that had stayed on the island of Malta during the winter. On the front of the ship was the sign for the twin gods.

And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt according to these words, saying,

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

And Ptolemy entered into Antioch , and put on himself the diadem of Asia ; and he put two diadems upon his head, the diadem of Egypt and that of Asia .