And after three days — Given to rest and prayer, Paul called the chief of the Jews together — He always sought the Jews first; but being now bound, he could not so conveniently go round to them. Though I have done nothing — Seeing him chained, they might have suspected he had. Therefore he first obviates this suspicion.
Verse Acts 28:17. _PAUL CALLED THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS TOGETHER_] We have already seen, in Acts 18:2, that _Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome_; see the note there: but it seems they w...
PAUL CALLED THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS - He probably had two objects in this: one was to vindicate himself from the suspicion of crime, or to convince them that the charges alleged against him were false;...
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)...
CHIEF. first, as in Acts 28:7. UNTO. Greek. _pros_. App-104. MEN, &C. See Acts 1:16. NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis._ PEOPLE. Greek. _laos._ See Acts 2:47. customs of our fathers
St Paul's interview with the Jews in Rome 17. _after three days_ At first the Apostle would naturally desire to learn all he could of the Christian congregations at Rome from those who had been the fi...
ST PAUL’S INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS IN ROME...
ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ for τὸν Παῦλον with אABI. _Vulg_. has not the proper name. 17. ΜΕΤᾺ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ΤΡΕΙ͂Σ, _after three days_. At first the Apostle would naturally desire to learn all he could of the Christian congreg...
_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...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 28:6, 8. ΣΥΓΚΑΛΈΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. inf. от_ ΣΥΓΚΑΛΈΩ (G4779) созывать вместе; _med._ звать к себе, призывать (BAGD). При определенных обстоятельствах, римляне...
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...
17-20. He made no delay in beginning his work; and his first appeal, according to his uniform custom, was addressed to his own kinsmen according to the flesh. (17) "_And it came to pass, after three d...
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...
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...
28:17 Brethren, (e-31) Lit 'Men brethren,' as ch. 1.16....
CALLED THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS TOGETHER] or, 'called together the Jewish community first,' in accordance with his usual plan of preaching to the Jews before he preached to the Gentiles....
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...
AFTER THREE DAYS PAUL CALLED THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS TOGETHER. — The decree of Claudius had, as has been already stated (see Note on Acts 28:15), been allowed to lapse, and the Jews had settled in their...
The whole section Acts 28:17-28 is referred by Hilgenfeld to the “author to Theophilus”. In Acts 28:20 the Paul bound for the hope of Israel belongs only to the “author to Theophilus,” _cf._ Acts 23:6...
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...
(10) 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 aga...
_Chief of the Jews. We have seen before, that the emperor Claudius banished all Jews from Rome. It would appear from this verse, that many of the principal Jews returned at his death, which happened f...
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...
− 17._And after three days. _Paul’s humanity − (673) was wonderful, in that, though he had suffered such cruel injuries of his nation, he studied, notwithstanding, to appease the Jews which are at Rom...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AFTER THREE DAYS,.... From his first coming to Rome, when he had hired himself a house, or lodging, and was settled in it, and was rested from the fatigue of his voyage and j...
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...
_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...
TWO YEARS AT ROME. Paul calls the Jews together:...
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 THE...
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 IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THREE DAYS THAT PAUL CALLED THE LEADERS OF THE JEWS TOGETHER. SO WHEN THEY HAD COME TOGETHER, HE SAID TO THEM; " MEN AND BRETHREN, THOUGH I HAVE DONE NOTHING AGAINST OUR PEOP...
"He called together" Paul took the initiative and set up. meeting with the leaders of the Jewish community in Rome. There were at this time no less than seven different synagogues in Rome. Even though...
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...
PAUL CALLED THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS TOGETHER; Paul does this not only out of an extraordinary love which he had for that people, but also because the apostles were commanded _to go rather to the lost sh...
17-20. He made no delay in beginning his work; and his first appeal, according to his uniform custom, was addressed to his own kinsmen according to the flesh. (17) "_ And it came to pass, after three...
Five Books in Reply to Marcion Because, deservedly, "made gross in heart."[59]...
Acts 28:17 And G1161 pass G1096 (G5633) after G3326 three G5140 days G2250 Paul G3972 called G4779 leaders...
‘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 28:17. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AFTER THREE DAYS PAUL CALLED THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS TOGETHER. The Book of the ‘Acts' tells us of the loving, restless activity of Paul to the last. Before the pris...
THOSE THAT WERE THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS (τους οντας των Ιουδαιων πρωτους). This use of πρωτος for the leading men of a city or among the Jews we have already had in Acts 13:50; Acts 25:2; Luke 19:47....
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...
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...
Acts 21:33; Acts 23:1; Acts 23:33; Acts 24:10; Acts 25:10;...