John Trapp Complete Commentary
Acts 28:18
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Ver. 18. Because there was no cause] See Acts 25:25 .
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Ver. 18. Because there was no cause] See Acts 25:25 .
ACTS 28:18 oi[tinej After oi[tinej the Western text (614 2147 Syrh with *) adds polla, (“when they had examined me _concerning many things_ [or, after a _long_ examination]”)....
WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME ... - Acts 24:10; Acts 25; Acts 26:31. NO CAUSE OF DEATH - No crime worthy of death....
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...
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...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
EXAMINED. Greek. _anakrino._ App-122. WOULD HAVE. were wishing to. Greek. _boulomai._ App-102. LET... GO. Greek. _apoluo_. App-174. CAUSE. Greek. _aitia,_ as in Acts 25:27....
_would have let me go_ [_R. V._"desired to set me at liberty"] Alluding most probably to Agrippa's remark (Acts 26:32) and the statement of Festus (Acts 25:25). It seems probable that Felix would have...
ἈΝΑΚΡΊΝΑΝΤΈΣ ΜΕ ἘΒΟΎΛΟΝΤΟ�, _having examined me, they desired to set me at liberty_. Alluding most probably to Agrippa’s remark (Acts 26:32) and the statement of Festus (Acts 25:25). It seems probable...
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...
ΟΪΤΊΝΕΣ (G3748) nom.pl. кто, используется вместо обычного rel., особ, после _part._, когда rel. _pron._ может быть спутано с артиклем (BD, 153). ΆΝΑΚΡΊΝΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΝΑΚΡΊΝΩ (G3...
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...
See notes on verse 17...
_ _ Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. WHO, WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME, WOULD HAVE LET ME GO, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN ME...
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...
JAMES] The Lord's 'brother,' the acknowledged head of the Church of Jerusalem: cp. Acts 15:13, etc....
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...
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...
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...
WHO, WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME... — It is possible that we have here only the summary of a fuller narrative, and that he gave an outline of the proceedings that had taken place between his first seizu...
ἀνακ., _cf._ Acts 24:8; Acts 25:6; Acts 25:26, referring here to the judicial inquiries of Felix and Festus....
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...
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...
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...
WHO WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME,.... About the things laid to his charge, had heard what his accusers had to object to him, and the defence he made for himself: WOULD HAVE LET [ME] GO; released him fro...
_And after three days_ Given to rest and prayer; _Paul called the chief of the Jews together_ His great love to the Jews induced him, wherever he came and found any, to labour in the first place to pr...
WHO, WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME, WOULD HAVE LET ME GO, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN ME....
TWO YEARS AT ROME. Paul calls the Jews together:...
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...
WHO, WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME, WANTED TO LET ME GO, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAUSE FOR PUTTING ME TO DEATH. 19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had any...
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...
EXAMINED ME; as Festus did in the presence of king Agrippa, ACTS 25:26, who, they were both unbelievers, yet justified Paul, acknowledging that he had not committed any thing worthy of bonds, much les...
Acts 28:18 who G3748 examined G350 (G5660) me G3165 wanted G1014 (G5711) go G630 (G5658) because...
‘And it came about, that after three days he called together those who were the chief of the Jews, and when they were come together, he said to them, “I, brethren, though I had done nothing against th...
Acts 28:18. WHO, WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME, WOULD HAVE LET ME GO, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN ME. All the great Roman officials, before whose tribunals, at different periods of his career,...
WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME (ανακριναντες με). First aorist active participle of ανακρινω, the same verb used already in Acts 24:8; Acts 25:6; Acts 25:26 of the judicial examinations by Felix and Fes...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:17 The LOCAL LEADERS were probably the elders of the Roman synagogues. Paul’s main purpose in this meeting was to explain his presence in Rome. He declared his innocence of breaki...
_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...
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