To whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus — These were his two grand topics, That the kingdom of the Messiah was of a spiritual, not temporal nature: That Jesus of Nazareth was the very person foretold, as the Lord of that kingdom. On this head he had as much need to persuade as to convince, their will making as strong a resistance as their understanding.
Verse Acts 28:23. _TO WHOM HE EXPOUNDED - THE KINGDOM OF GOD_] To whom he showed that the reign of the Messiah was to be a spiritual reign; and that _Jesus_, whom the Jewish rulers had lately crucifi...
APPOINTED HIM A DAY - A day when they would hear him. INTO HIS LODGING - To the house where he resided, Acts 28:30. HE EXPOUNDED - He explained or declared the principles of the Christian religion....
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...
THE JEWS ARE HARDENED. It was a numerous meeting; we can scarcely understand the words to mean that more came the second time than the first. The kingdom of God is a wide phrase for the Christian doct...
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...
APPOINTED. arranged. Greek. _tasso._ See Acts 13:48. LODGING. Greek. _xenia._ Only here and Philemon 1:22. Compare Acts 10:6; Acts 21:16.
_many_ The original is the comparative degree, and implies that the first visitors had been only a small deputation, but that on the set day they and their fellows appeared "in greater numbers." _into...
ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΞΕΝΊΑΝ, _into his lodging_. From this word ξενία, implying hospitable entertainment, it would seem that for the first portion of the time that Paul was in Rome, he was allowed to accept the ho...
ST PAUL’S INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS IN ROME...
_PAUL REMAINED A PRISONER AT ROME ACTS 28:23-31:_ Many Jews came to Paul's house. He used the Law and the Prophets to talk to them about God's kingdom (church). His goal was to "persuade them concerni...
ΤΑΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med._ (_indir. med._) _part. от_ ΤΆΣΣΩ (G5021) устраивать, назначать. ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 28:15. ΞΕΝΊΑ (G3578) гостиница. Помещение, которое снимал Павел (Haenchen; _см._...
AND TESTIFIED THE KINGDOM OF GOD,— Mr. Craddock observes, that St. Paul probably insisted on two topics; that the kingdom of God, which they had so long expected, was of a spiritual, and not of a temp...
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...
23, 24. Before the Jews took leave of Paul, they made arrangements for a formal and deliberate hearing of what he thought. (23) "_And having appointed him a day, there came to him into his lodging a g...
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,...
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 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...
THERE CAME MANY TO HIM INTO HIS LODGING. — The Greek for “many” is a comparative form, implying a larger attendance than might have been looked for. The “lodging” was probably the “hired house,” or ap...
ταξάμενοι : _cf._ Matthew 28:16, and Polyb., xviii., 36, 1, for a similar phrase; a mutual arrangement between the two parties; only here in the middle voice in Acts. τὴν ξενίαν : may = τὸ μίσθωμα, Ac...
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...
(12) And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and (g) testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law...
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, a...
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...
AND WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED HIM A DAY,.... When they should meet together, and when both sides might be better prepared to enter into a conversation on the subject of Christianity; and when there migh...
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into _his_ lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,...
_And when they had appointed him a day_ Which might best suit the convenience of most of them that were present; _they came to him at his lodging_ For though they were much prejudiced against the Chri...
EXPOUNDED AND TESTIFIED; explained to them the meaning of the predictions of the Messiah, in the Old Testament, and showed that they were filled in Jesus Christ....
Paul testifies of the kingdom of God:...
AND WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED HIM A DAY, THERE CAME MANY TO HIM INTO HIS LODGING; TO WHOM HE EXPOUNDED AND TESTIFIED THE KINGDOM OF GOD, PERSUADING THEM CONCERNING JESUS, BOTH OUT OF THE LAW OF MOSES AN...
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...
SO WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED HIM A DAY, MANY CAME TO HIM AT HIS LODGING, TO WHOM HE EXPLAINED AND SOLEMNLY TESTIFIED OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, PERSUADING THEM CONCERNING JESUS FROM BOTH THE LAW OF MOSES AN...
When the Jews arrived Paul spent all day seeking to persuade these Jews from the Old Testament that Jesus was indeed the one predicted by Moses and the Prophets and that the kingdom of God had actuall...
23-31 Paul persuaded the Jews concerning Jesus. Some were wrought upon by the word, and others hardened; some received the light, and others shut their eyes against it. And the same has always been t...
HIS LODGING; the house which he had hired, as ACTS 28:16, and ACTS 28:30. HE EXPOUNDED AND TESTIFIED THE KINGDOM OF GOD; Paul expounded the Scriptures, and by them proved our Saviour to be the Messiah...
23, 24. Before the Jews took leave of Paul, they made arrangements for a formal and deliberate hearing of what he thought. (23) "_ And having appointed him a day, there came to him into his lodging a...
Acts 28:23 So G1161 appointed G5021 (G5671) him G846 day G2250 many G4119 came G2240 (G5707) to...
‘And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number, to whom he expounded the matter, testifying the Kingly Rule of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, bot...
Acts 28:23. AND WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED HIM A DAY, THERE CAME MANY TO HIM INTO HIS LODGING. The word in the original translated ‘many' is a comparative form, and implies either that more of the Roman...
APPOINTED (ταξαμενο). First aorist middle participle of τασσω. Formal arrangement as in Matthew 28:16 when Jesus appointed the mountain for his meeting in Galilee.IN GREAT NUMBER (πλειονες). Comp...
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...
SO THEY SET A DATE WITH PAUL. A large number came to hear what he would say. HE TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM. Paul used the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets to preach Christ to them. SOME OF TH...
_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...
_And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging._ PAUL’S SECOND CONFERENCE WITH THE JEWS Note-- I. The interesting character of his preaching. It was-- 1. Evangelic...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:23 The content of Paul’s message was the KINGDOM OF GOD and JESUS (see also v. Acts 28:31). The kingdom represents the fulfi
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:23. INTO his LODGING.—Probably the “hired dwelling,” μίσθωμα, of Acts 28:30, though some (Heschyius, Hackett) consider the term ξενία points to a private house—perhaps that...
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 17:2; Acts 17:3; Acts 18:28; Acts 18:4; Acts 19:8;...