Historians know that by Paul’s day, merchants from the Mediterranean area were regularly sailing via the Red Sea to India, and by the mid - second century, some had pushed as far as China.
يعرف المؤرخون ان التجار من منطقة البحر المتوسط كانوا في زمن بولس يمخرون دوما عباب البحر الاحمر الى الهند .‏