Cenchrea: Millet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was distant
about 9 miles east, and the outlet for its trade with the Asiatic
shores of the Mediterranean. When Paul returned from his second
missionary journey to Syria, he sailed from this port
(Acts 18:18). In
(Romans 16:1) he speaks as if there were at the time of his writing that
epistle an organized church there. The western harbour of Corinth was
Lechaeum, about a mile and a half from the city. It was the channel
of its trade with Italy and the west.
