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Acts 28:15
and from thence, when the brethren heard of US, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.
and from thence, when the brethren heard of US, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.
Verse Acts 28:15. _WHEN THE BRETHREN HEARD OF US_] By _whom_ the Gospel was planted at Rome is not known: it does not appear that any _apostle_ was employed in this work. It was probably carried thit...
AND FROM THENCE - From Puteoli. WHEN THE BRETHREN HEARD OF US - The Christians who wore at Rome. AS FAR AS THE APPII FORUM - This was a city about 56 miles from Rome. The remains of an ancient city a...
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...
JOURNEY FROM MALTA TO ROME.Three months brings us to the middle of February, which is before the opening of navigation. They had doubtless seen the _Dioscuri,_ Heavenly Twins, a ship like that in whic...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
After three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered in the island, the figure-head of which was The Heavenly Twins. We landed at Syracuse and stayed there for three days. From the...
OF US. the things (i.e. the news) concerning (Greek. _peri)_ us. TO MEET US. Literally for (Greek. _eis)_ meeting (Greek. _apantesis._ See Matthew 25:1) us. APPII FORUM. The market of Appius,. small...
_when the brethren heard of us_ BETWEEN Puteoli and Rome there was constant communication, and the seven days of the Apostle's sojourn in the port were amply sufficient to make the whole Christian bod...
ΟἹ�, _the brethren having heard of us_. Between Puteoli and Rome there was constant communication, and the seven days of the Apostle’s sojourn in the port were amply sufficient to make the whole Chris...
THE VOYAGE FROM MALTA, AND THE ARRIVAL IN ROME...
_PAUL FINALLY REACHED ROME ACTS 28:11-16:_ They were on the Island for three months. They departed for Italy on a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered there, whose sign was Castor and Pollux “The Tw...
ΚΆΚΕΪ́ΘΕΝ (G2547) и оттуда, ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΉΛΘΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΆΠΆΝΤΗΣΙΣ (G529) встреча. ΑΠΠΊΟΥ ΦΌΡΟΝ (G675; G5410)...
WHEN THE BRETHREN, &C.— That is, the Christians residing at Rome,—came to meet him, sensible of the great character of St. Paul, and the important obligations which they were under to him for his exce...
THE MARKET OF APPIUS AND THE THREE TAVERNS. Acts 28:15. Acts 28:15 And from thence the brethren, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns; whom whe...
15. The delay of seven days was long enough for news to reach the brethren in Rome, that Paul was in Puteoli on his way to their city. (15) "_And the brethren, having heard from that place concerning...
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. And from thence (that is, from...
9 Three months busy with blessing thus came out of the catastrophe. Had the ship wintered in Cnidus, as they had wished, or at Ideal Harbors, as Paul proposed, the ship and cargo might indeed have bee...
28:15 Forum (b-17) Market of Appius. Tabernae, (c-20) Three Taverns....
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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...
APPII FORUM] RV 'the Market of Appius,' was 43 Roman m. S. of Rome on the great Appian Road, the main line of communication between Rome and the East. THE THREE TAVERNS] 10 Roman miles from the capita...
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...
AND FROM THENCE, WHEN THE BRETHREN HEARD OF US... — Better, _the brethren having heard about us._ The seven days at Puteoli had given ample time for the news of the Apostle’s arrival to reach the disc...
κἀκεῖθεν, see on Acts 14:26. τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν : phrase only in Luke and Paul, see above on p. 481. The natural supposition is that there were two companies; one met them in advance at Appii Forum, and the...
STILL SEEKING HIS OWN KINSMEN Acts 28:11 Paul went toward Rome, as we have seen, under very different circumstances from those that he originally anticipated; but, after all, they gave him the greate...
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...
Paul's Completes His Journey to Rome! They set sail aboard another Alexandrian ship after three months, likely after the worst of the winter storms were over. Their first stop was at Syracuse, then Rh...
(9) And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as (e) Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. (9) God never allows h...
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. (12) And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. (13) And from t...
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...
_THE PAST AND THE FUTURE_ ‘Whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.’ Acts 28:15 After many perils and long delays, St. Paul had set his foot on the Italian shore, and was journeying tow...
− 15._When the brethren heard. _God did comfort Paul by the coming of the brethren who came forth to meet him, that he might the more joyfully make haste to defend the gospel. And the zeal and godly c...
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...
AND FROM THENCE,.... That is, from Rome, whither they were going: WHEN THE BRETHREN HEARD OF US; when the Christians at Rome heard that the apostle and his friends were landed at Puteoli, and were on...
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. Ver. 15. _They came to meet us...
_From thence we fetched a compass_ Coasted round the eastern shore of Sicily; _and came to Rhegium_ A town on the Italian shore, opposite to Messina in Sicily; _and after one day_ Having a favourable...
THE BRETHREN; Christians at Rome. APPII - FORUM; a town about forty-three miles south of Rome. THE THREE TAVERNS; ten miles further towards Rome. WHOM; the brethren from Rome, a part of whom met Pau...
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...
AND FROM THERE, WHEN THE BRETHREN HEARD ABOUT US, THEY CAME TO MEET US AS FAR AS APPI FORUM AND THREE INNS. WHEN PAUL SAW THEM, HE THANKED GOD AND TOOK COURAGE. 1. When the Christians at Rome heard t...
Word has reached the brethren in Rome that Paul is on his way. The seven days that Paul had spent in Puteoli would given Christians in this town plenty of time to send word to Rome that Paul had arriv...
11-16 The common events of travelling are seldom worthy of being told; but the comfort of communion with the saints, and kindness shown by friends, deserve particular mention. The Christians at Rome...
APPII FORUM; a place about one and fifty miles, or seventeen leagues, from Rome; so called from Appius Claudius, who made a way from Rome thither, called from his name: The Appian Way; and had his sta...
15. The delay of seven days was long enough for news to reach the brethren in Rome, that Paul was in Puteoli on his way to their city. (15) " And the brethren, having heard from that place concerning...
Acts 28:15 there G2547 brethren G80 heard G191 (G5660) about G4012 us G2257 came G1831 (G5627) meet
‘And from there the brethren, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns, whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.' Even more joyous was i...
_Journey from Puteoli and Arrival in Rome,_ 15. Acts 28:15. WHEN THE BRETHREN HEARD OF US. During the week spent at Puteoli there would be abundant time for the intelligence to travel to Rome; nor wo...
WHEN THEY HEARD OF US (ακουσαντες τα περ ημων). How "they heard the things concerning us" we do not know. Good news had its way of travel even before the days of telegraph, telephone, daily papers....
APPII The market of Appius....
Acts 28:14 Seeds of Life. I. The words of my text describe very simply St. Paul's entry into Rome by the Appian Way, a prisoner, nearly two thousand years ago. How much has risen and fallen in those...
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 BROTHERS IN ROME HEARD ABOUT US. They already had Paul's Letter to the Romans, and probably there were some of his own converts in this group. His week in Puteoli gives them time to hear and come...
_In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius._ PUBLIUS Here is-- I. An obscure man made famous. History says nothing about Publius. As far as the Rom...
_…The brethren … came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage._ THE MEETING AT APPII FORUM AND THE THREE TAVERNS The effect of t...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:15 Paul’s party was met by Roman Christians at two points along the way to Rome—the FORUM OF APPIUS, some 40 miles (64 km) from Rome, and 12 miles (19 km) farther on at Three Tave...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:11. AFTER THREE MONTHS.—The departure from Malta took place in the following spring, probably towards the end of January—and once more in an Alexandrian ship (compare Acts 2...
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...
1 Corinthians 12:21; 1 Corinthians 12:22; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Thessalonians 3:7;...
The brethren — That is, the Christians, came out thence to meet us — It is remarkable that there is no certain account by whom Christianity was planted at Rome. Probably some inhabitants of that city...