George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 28:6
That he would suddenly fall down and die. It is not then by the natural situation and temper of the air, that this island has no venomous creature. (Witham)
That he would suddenly fall down and die. It is not then by the natural situation and temper of the air, that this island has no venomous creature. (Witham)
Verse Acts 28:6. _WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE SWOLLEN_] πιμπρασθαι, When he should have been _inflamed_: by means of an acrid poison introduced into the blood, it is soon coagulated; and, in consequence, the...
WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE SWOLLEN - When they expected that he would have swollen from the bite of the viper. The poison of the viper is rapid, and they expected that he would die soon. The word rendered “s...
CHAPTER 28 _ 1. In the Island of Melita (Acts 28:1)._ 2. The arrival in Rome (Acts 28:11). 3. Paul calling the chief of the Jews and his message (Acts 28:17). Melita, which means “honey,” is the is...
THE INHABITANTS OF MALTA. The inhabitants of Malta were of Phoenician extraction; they are called barbarians in Acts 28:2, as they spoke another language than Greek; inscriptions in two languages are...
When we had been brought safely to shore, we recognized that the island was Malta. The natives showed us quite extraordinary kindness for they lit a bonfire and brought us all to it because of the rai...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
HOWBEIT. But. LOOKED. were expecting, or watching in expectation. Greek. _prosdokao._ App-133. WHEN. that. SHOULD HAVE. was about to. SWOLLEN. swell. Greek. _pimpremi_ Only here. FALLEN DOWN. See...
_Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen_ Better (with _R.V._) "But they expected that he would have swollen." Such being the usual effect of the viper's bite, and making itself apparent in a...
ΟἹ ΔῈ ΠΡΟΣΕΔΌΚΩΝ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ΜΈΛΛΕΙΝ ΠΊΜΠΡΑΣΘΑΙ, _but they expected that he would have swollen_. Such being the usual effect of the viper’s bite, and making itself apparent in a very short time. The verb π...
Acts 28:1-10. THE SHIPWRECKED COMPANY HOSPITABLY ENTERTAINED IN MALTA. PAUL, BITTEN BY A VIPER, FEELS NO HURT. CURE OF THE FATHER OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE...
_PAUL KINDLY RECEIVED AT MELITA ACTS 28:1-10:_ The 276 people all safely reached the shore on the island of (Melita) Malta. The local people received them and were friendly to them. They were willing...
ΠΡΟΣΕΔΌΚΩΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΆΩ (G4328) ждать, ожидать. _Impf._ изображает длительное действие: они стояли и смотрели на него некоторое время (Bruce), ΜΈΛΛΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΜΈΛΛΩ (G...
DISCOURSE: 1816 PAUL BITTEN BY A VIPER, AND UNINJURED Acts 28:3. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand....
BUT AFTER THEY HAD LOOKED A GREAT WHILE, &C.— Many of the Heathens thought there was something divine in thenature of _serpents,_ and that deities, or good genii, who were made use of as the instrumen...
MELITA. Acts 28:1-10. Acts 28:1 And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita. Acts 28:2 And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and rec...
See notes on verse 3...
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a g...
34 It is practically impossible to prepare meals in such a storm as they had encountered and the constant toil and apprehension would take away all desire for food. But now that land was near they dou...
ST. PAUL A PRISONER AT ROME 1. They.. they] RV 'we.. we.' MELITA] RM 'Melitene.' Melita is certainly Malta, and not (as has been erroneously supposed) Meleda off the Illyrian coast. Tradition correct...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 28 ON THE ISLAND CALLED MALTA, 28:1-10 V1 We arrived on the shore. We discovered that the island was called Malta. V2 The people who lived ther...
THEY LOOKED WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE SWOLLEN... — Better, _and they were expecting that..._ The verb for “swollen” implies literally “inflammation,” and one of the enormous serpents of Africa took its name...
οἱ δέ …: Paul shook off the viper the natives looked for a fatal result. They knew the deadly nature of the bite, and their subsequent conduct shows that they regarded it as nothing short of miraculou...
KINDNESS RICHLY REPAID Acts 28:1 It is pleasant to read of the kindness of these Maltese. In humanity everywhere there are kindly traits, and often there will be ready help for the really destitute....
On land new perils threatened. While gathering sticks for a fire, a viper fastened on the apostle's hand. Shaking it off, he was unharmed. This convinced those who watched that he was divine, and they...
They soon discovered the island's name was Malta. The natives, who were descendants of Phoenicia, did not speak Greek, but they did show considerable kindness to those recently shipwrecked. Paul helpe...
Howbeit they looked when he should have (c) swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: (3) but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. (2) And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 6._Changing their minds, they said. _This so wonderful and sudden a change ought to have inwardly touched the men of Melita, and to have moved them to give the glory to the mercy of God, as they did...
At Melita we find him again exercising his accustomed power among that barbarous people. One sees that God is with him. Evangelisation does not, however, appear in the account of his sojourn there, or...
HOWBEIT THEY LOOKED WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE SWOLLEN,.... With the venomous bite of the viper; swelling is one of the symptoms following the bite of this creature; and if the bite does not issue in death,...
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a go...
_And he shook off_, &c. Greek, αποτιναξας το θηριον, _having shaken off the venomous animal_ into the fire, (the power of Christ interposing to preserve him,) he _felt no harm_ Received no injury, and...
SWOLLEN; from the effect of poison....
THE JOURNEY FROM MELITA TO ROME. Paul again in peril:...
HOWBEIT, THEY LOOKED WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE SWOLLEN, OR FALLEN DOWN DEAD SUDDENLY; BUT AFTER THEY HAD LOOKED A GREAT WHILE AND SAW NO HARM COME TO HIM, THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS, AND SAID THAT HE WAS A GO...
Very soon contacting inhabitants, they found that the island was called Melita, present day Malta. The people are called "barbarous," which only means they were not Greek or Jewish -- not the cultured...
HOWEVER, THEY WERE EXPECTING THAT HE WOULD SWELL UP OR SUDDENLY FALL DOWN DEAD. BUT AFTER THEY HAD LOOKED FOR A LONG TIME AND SAW NO HARM COME TO HIM, THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS AND SAID THAT HE WAS A G...
While the natives are waiting for Paul to drop dead at any moment, nothing is happening. Not only was there no swelling or inflammation, but also nothing at all was happening. The poison of the viper...
1-10 God can make strangers to be friends; friends in distress. Those who are despised for homely manners, are often more friendly than the more polished; and the conduct of heathens, or persons call...
SHOULD HAVE SWOLLEN; the word signifies primarily to be burnt, and then by burning or scalding to swell, which is accounted the ordinary symptom of the biting of a viper; to swell or blister, as if th...
Acts 28:6 However G1161 expecting G4328 (G5707) he G846 would G3195 (G5721) up G4092 (G5745) or...
‘But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly. But when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was...
Acts 28:6. SWOLLEN, OR FALLEN DOWN DEAD SUDDENLY. Either of these results might have followed from the bite of a poisonous serpent. It should be noted, however, that the former word denotes inflammati...
BUT THEY EXPECTED (ο δε προσεδοκων). Imperfect active, were expecting, continued to expect.THAT HE WOULD HAVE SWOLLEN (αυτον μελλειν πιμπρασθα). More exactly, "Expecting him to be about (or that h...
Acts 28:1. _And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, bec...
CONTENTS: The landing at Melita. Miracle of the viper's bite. Healing of Publius' father. Paul's arrival at Rome and his ministry there to the Jews. Paul turns to the Gentiles. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Hol...
Acts 28:1. _Melita,_ now Malta. This island seems to have been inhabited by runaways, for _melim,_ in the language of Carthage, is to escape. It was inhabited by a colony of refugees from Carthage, a...
THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MALTA. Also called Melita, but not to be confused with the Melita on the coast of Illyricum. This is the island south of Sicily. It is about sixty miles in circumference. THE NAT...
_And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire._ HOW TO KEEP UP THE FIRE If a man wants a fire kept up, he must do his share in supplying its fuel. It will not burn long un...
_And when they were escaped then they knew._ TOMORROW, A REVEALER A great many things are clearer today than they were last night. Tomorrow will clear up some of the mysteries of today. Weird shapes...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:1. The best authorities read, “And when _we_ were escaped, then _we_ knew”—lit., _And having been saved, then we knew_, or learned (by intercourse with the inhabitants) MEL...
EXPOSITION ACTS 28:1 We for _they, _A.V. and T.R. (twice). WAS CALLED. It reads as if it was the answer to their question to the natives, "What is this island called?" MELITA. That Melita is the isla...
Tonight we'd like to just go through the twenty-eighth chapter of Acts and finish this book so that next Sunday night we move into the first two Chapter s of Romans. That's your reading assignment for...
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Swollen [π ι μ π ρ α σ θ α ι]. Only here in New Testament. The usual medical word for inflammation. Looked [π ρ ο σ δ ο κ ω ν τ ω ν]. Occurring eleven times in Luke, and only five times in the rest o...
They changed their minds, and said he was a god — Such is the stability of human reason! A little before he was a murderer; and presently he is a god: (just as the people of Lystra; one hour sacrifici...