Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 28:12
Syracuse; the chief city of Sicily, famous for Archimedes. We tarried there three days; probably to sell some of their wares, the ship making a trading voyage.
Syracuse; the chief city of Sicily, famous for Archimedes. We tarried there three days; probably to sell some of their wares, the ship making a trading voyage.
Verse Acts 28:12. _LANDING AT SYRACUSE_] In order to go to _Rome_ from _Malta_, their readiest course was to keep pretty close to the eastern coast of Sicily, in order to pass through the straits of _...
AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE - Syracuse was the capital of the island of Sicily, on the eastern coast. It was in the direct course from Malta to Rome. It contains about 18,000 inhabitants....
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...
LANDING. Greek. _katago._ See Acts 21:3. SYRACUSE. An important town in Sicily (S. E.), still bearing the same name. TARRIED. Greek. _epimeno._ See Acts 10:48....
_And landing_[_R. V._touching] _at Syracuse_ The vessel takes the regular road, sailing north from Valetta to Sicily. Syracuse was one of the chief towns of Sicily lying on the south-eastern extremity...
ΚΑῚ ΚΑΤΑΧΘΈΝΤΕΣ ΕἸΣ ΣΥΡΑΚΟΎΣΑΣ, _and touching at Syracuse_. The vessel takes the regular route, sailing north from Valetta to Sicily. Syracuse was one of the chief towns of Sicily lying on the south-e...
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...
ΚΑΤΑΧΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΚΑΤΆΓΩ (G2609) спускаться, приставать. ΣΥΡΆΚΟΥΣΑΙ (G4946) Сиракузы. Греческий город на южном побережье Сицилии (ABD, 6:270-71). ΈΠΕΜΕΊΝΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. о...
SYRACUSE,— Was the metropolis of Sicily, situated on the east side of the island, and had a beautiful prospect from every entrance both by sea and land. The port, which had the sea on both sides of it...
AT SYRACUSE. Acts 28:11-12. Acts 28:11 And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers. Acts 28:12 And touching at Syra...
See notes on verse 11...
_ _ And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE - the ancient and celebrated capital of Sicily, on its eastern coast; about 80 miles, or one day's sail, north 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...
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...
LANDING] RV 'touching.' SYRACUSE] 100 m. N. of Malta, the capital of Sicily, and a Roman colony....
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 LANDING AT SYRACUSE... — The city, famous for the memorable siege during the Peloponnesian war, and at all times taking its place among the most flourishing towns of Sicily, was about eighty or a...
καταχ.: “touching at,” R.V., Ramsay, _cf._ Acts 27:3. We are not told that St. Paul landed, but the local tradition makes him the founder of the Sicilian Church, C. and H., p. 663, small edit. Συρ.: ...
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...
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...
− 12._When we were come to Syracuse. _Luke prosecuteth the residue of the course of their sailing, that they arrived first in Sicilia. And after that they set a compass − (668) by reason of the tempes...
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 LANDING AT SYRACUSE,.... A famous city in the isle of Sicily, now called Saragossa: it is placed by Ptolomy c on the east side of the island, in the Adriatic sea; it was 180 furlongs, or two and t...
And landing at Syracuse, we tarried _there_ three days. Ver. 12. _Syracuse_] The metropolis of Sicily, where lived and died that famous mathematician Archimedes; who by his art so long held out the c...
_And_ Soon after, leaving Malta, they made the island of Sicily; and _landing at Syracuse, tarried there three days_ The ship, probably, having some goods to put ashore, or some to take in there; for...
SYRACUSE; a city in the south-eastern part of Sicily. It lay on the way from Malta to Rome....
AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE, WE TARRIED THERE THREE DAYS....
From Melita to Rome:...
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 LANDING AT SYRACUSE, WE STAYED THREE DAYS. 1. Syracuse is the capital of the island of Sicily. 2. It was in the direct route from Malta to go up the western side of Italy. 3. It is thought that...
"Syracuse" The trip from Malta to Syracuse, the capital city on the island of Sicily was. distance of about 80 miles due north, ships headed from Alexandria to Puteoli commonly stopped here....
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...
Acts 28:12 And G2532 landing G2609 (G5685) at G1519 Syracuse G4946 stayed G1961 (G5656) three G5140 days...
‘And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was ‘The Sons of Zeus' (The Twin Brothers). And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there th...
Acts 28:12. LANDING AT SYRACUSE. Or rather, ‘putting into harbour at Syracuse.' This was in their direct course. The distance is about eighty miles to the north of Malta. THREE DAYS. From what follo...
TOUCHING (καταχθεντες). First aorist passive participle of καταγω, to go down to land, just the opposite of ανηχθημεν in verse Acts 28:11 from αναγω, to go up to sea.AT SYRACUSE (εις Συρακουσας)....
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 MONTHS. This would be either February or March. The worst weather would be over. THE Twin GODS. This is the literal translation. Castor and Pollux were known as "The Twin Gods," and were f...
_And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria._ THE JOURNEY TO ROME 1. After a delay of three months--_i.e._, when winter was past and spring approaching--the party put to sea again. Ca...
_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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:12 SYRACUSE was at the eastern end of Sicily. Its fame as a Hellenistic city rivaled that of Athens. RHEGIUM was at the southern tip of Italy across from Sicily. Puteoli
_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...