Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 28:21
And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spake any harm of thee.
And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spake any harm of thee.
Verse Acts 28:21. _WE NEITHER RECEIVED LETTERS_, c.] This is very strange, and shows us that the Jews knew their cause to be _hopeless_, and therefore did not send it forward to Rome. They wished for...
WE NEITHER RECEIVED LETTERS ... - Why the Jews in Judea had not forwarded the accusation against Paul to their brethren at Rome, that they might continue the prosecution before the emperor, is not kno...
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...
INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS AT ROME. Acts 28:30 is continuous with Acts 28:16. In Acts 28:17 the programme ascribed to Paul in Ac., that he addresses the Jews first, the Gentiles when the Jews have proved...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
When we arrived in Rome, permission was given to Paul to stay in his own house with the soldier who was his guard. After three days he invited the leaders of the Jews to come to see him. When they had...
NEITHER. Greek. _oute._ LETTERS. Greek. _gramma,_. letter of the alphabet. In plural "writings". This and Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:11 are the only places where it is used of an epistle, the usual w...
_letters out of_[_R. V._from] _Judea concerning thee_ This may easily be understood. For no ship starting later than that in which St Paul sailed was likely to have arrived in Rome before he reached t...
ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΓΡΆΜΜΑΤΑ ΠΕΡῚ ΣΟΥ͂ ἘΔΕΞΆΜΕΘΑ�, _neither letters from Judæa concerning thee_. This may easily be understood. For no ship starting later than that in which St Paul sailed was likely to have arriv...
ST PAUL’S INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS IN ROME...
_PAUL'S CONFERENCE WITH THE JEWS ACTS 28:17-22:_ Immediately after Paul reached Rome (three days), he called together some of the Jews. He explained that he had done nothing against the Jews or the cu...
ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ, _см._ Acts 28:4. ΓΡΆΜΜΑ (G1121) письмо, ΈΔΕΞΆΜΕΘΑ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G1209) получать. Возможно, корабль, на котором был Павел, был первым, прибывшим...
AT ROME. Acts 28:16-31. Acts 28:16 And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him. Acts 28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days he c...
21, 22. The response of the Jews was candid and becoming. (21) "_And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor has any of the brethren who had come reported or...
And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. And they said unto him, We neither received...
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...
It is somewhat strange that the chief priests did not write. Perhaps they did, but the letter was delayed, or miscarried....
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 ROME (28:16-31) 16. The captain of the guard] either the captain of the prætorian guard (_proefectus proetorio_), or, more probably, the captain of the troops called _frumentarii_, whose...
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...
WE NEITHER RECEIVED LETTERS OUT OF JUDSEA CONCERNING THEE... — It seems strange at first that no tidings should have come from Jerusalem of what had passed there in connection with St. Paul’s imprison...
πρὸς αὐτὸν : the emphatic position of the words may indicate, as Weiss suggests, that as Paul had spoken to them up to this point of a personal matter, so they in reply spoke with a like reference. αὔ...
PREACHING IN THE WORLD'S CAPITAL Acts 28:21 It was one of the earliest cares of Paul to summon the leading members of the Jewish community, that he might explain to them his position. He made clear t...
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...
After three days in Rome, Paul called for the leaders of the Jews. He explained to them that he was in Rome because of charges brought against him by their brethren in Jerusalem. The authorities had w...
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against th...
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...
− 21._Neither by letters. _The priests and scribes did not hold their peace, because they were become more gentle towards Paul, or to the end they might spare him; that proceeded rather of contempt, o...
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 THEY SAID UNTO HIM,.... That is, the chief men of the Jews at Rome, whom Paul had called together, replied; either in a lying and dissembling way, or as expressing matter of fact; which last may b...
And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. Ver. 21. _We neither received letters_] Not...
_And they said, We_ have _neither received letters_, &c. There must have been a particular providence in this; _neither any of the brethren_, (the Jews,) _that came_ from Judea, _showed or spake any h...
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...
THEN THEY SAID TO HIM, " WE NEITHER RECEIVED LETTERS FROM JUDEA CONCERNING YOU, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE BRETHREN WHO CAME REPORTED OR SPOKEN ANY EVIL OF YOU. 1. The Jews respond by saying they have no in...
"We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you" These Jews claimed that they had received no communic...
17-22 It was for the honour of Paul that those who examined his case, acquitted him. In his appeal he sought not to accuse his nation, but only to clear himself. True Christianity settles what is of...
The high priest, and the rest of them that had persecuted Paul, did either despond of their cause, when it should come to be impartially heard; or were supine and negligent in a matter which they pret...
21, 22. The response of the Jews was candid and becoming. (21) "_ And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor has any of the brethren who had come reported or...
Acts 28:21 Then G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 him G846 We G2249 neither G3777 received G1209 ...
‘And they said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judaea concerning you, nor did any of the brethren come here and report or speak any harm of you.” ' They then informed him that no letter...
Acts 28:21. AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, WE NEITHER RECEIVED LETTERS OUT OF JUDÆA CONCERNING THEE, NEITHER ANY OF THE BRETHREN THAT CAME SHOWED OR SPAKE ANY HARM OF THEE. This reply of the Roman Jews was m...
LETTERS (γραμματα). Official documents from the Sanhedrin about the charges against Paul.ANY HARM OF THEE (τ περ σου πονηρον).EVIL (πονηρον). The three aorists (εδεξαμεθα, απηγγειλεν, ελαλησεν)...
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...
AFTER THREE DAYS. Notice he could not "sit still." Likely the first three days had been spent visiting with the believers. Now he gets down to work! THE LOCAL JEWISH LEADERS. About the time Christ was...
_After three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together._ PAUL’S FIRST CONFERENCE WITH THE JEWISH CHIEFS Note-- I. His address. In justifying himself he states-- 1. That his captivity was not...
_And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard._ ROME AS SEEN BY PAUL Within a circuit of little more than twelve miles more than two millions of inhabit...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:17. The best authorities omit PAUL. THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS.—Better, _those that were the chief_ (first, or principal men) _of the Jews_, or, otherwise, those that were of th...
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...
Exodus 11:7; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 50:8; Isaiah 54:17...
We have neither received letters concerning thee — There must have been a peculiar providence in this, nor has any of the brethren — The Jews, related — Professedly, in a set discourse, or spoke — Occ...
Observe here, 1. The advantage which the apostle had to preach the gospel to these Jews at Rome: they assure him that they had entertained no prejudice against his person; for they had received no let...