Acts 28:1

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

And when they were escaped, then they knew - `then we knew' is evidently the true reading [epegnoomen ( G1921 )].

That the island was called Melita (see the note at Acts 28:39 ). The opinion that this island was not Malta to the south of Sicily, but Meleda in the Gulf of Venice-which until lately had respectable support among competent judges-is now all but, if not entirely, exploded; recent examination of all the places on the spot, and of all writings and principles bearing on the question, by gentlemen of the highest qualifications-particularly Mr. Smith-having set the question, it may now be affirmed, at rest.