Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 28:28
The salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles — Namely, from this time. Before this no apostle had been at Rome. St. Paul was the first.
The salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles — Namely, from this time. Before this no apostle had been at Rome. St. Paul was the first.
Verse Acts 28:28. _THE SALVATION OF GOD IS SENT UNTO THE GENTILES_] St. Paul had spoken to this effect twice before, Acts 13:46, and Acts 18:6, where see the notes; but here he uses a firmer tone, be...
THE SALVATION OF GOD - The knowledge of God’s mode of saving people. IS SENT UNTO THE GENTILES - Since you have rejected it, it will be offered to them. See the notes on Acts 13:46. AND THAT THEY WIL...
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...
UNTO. to. SALVATION. Greek. _soterion_. Elsewhere, Luke 2:30 (which see); Acts 3:6; Ephesians 6:17. The more usual _soteria_ occ Acts 13:26,
_the_[_R. V._this] _salvation of God_ The oldest MSS. add "this," and it has been almost surely omitted in later MSS. by the carelessness of the scribes. The Apostle would be anxious to emphasize that...
ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ added before ΤῸ ΣΩΤΉΡΙΟΝ with אAB. _Vulg._ ‘hoc salutare.’ 28. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΤῸ ΣΩΤΉΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, _this salvation of God_. St Paul would be very anxious to press on them that the doctrine which he...
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...
ΈΣΤΩ _praes. act. imper. act. от_ ΕΊΜΊ, _см._ Acts 28:25. ΑΠΕΣΤΆΛΗ _aor. ind. pass. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649) посылать (TDNT; EDNT; TLNT, 1:186-94). ΑΎΤΟΊ (G846) они, в отличие от неверящих...
DISCOURSE: 1818 THE GOSPEL SENT TO THE GENTILES Acts 28:28. _Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it_. WHEN we consider how oft...
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 25...
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. BE IT KNOWN THEREFORE UNTO YOU, THAT THE SALVATION OF GOD IS SENT UNTO THE GENTILES, A...
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...
28:28 salvation (c-9) Rather 'that which saves' than salvation itself. see Luke 2:30 ; Luke 3:6 ; Ephesians 6:17 ....
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...
BE IT KNOWN THEREFORE UNTO YOU, THAT THE SALVATION OF GOD... — The better MSS. give _“this_ salvation,” the demonstrative adjective having the same force as in “the words of _this_ life,” in Acts 5:20...
γνωστὸν οὖν : for the word similarly used _cf._ Acts 2:14; Acts 4:10; Acts 13:38. τοῦτο τὸ σωτ., see critical note; _cf._ LXX, Psalms 66:2;...
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...
(15) Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it. (15) The unbelief of the reprobate and castaways cannot cause the truth 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, 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...
_THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES_ ‘Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will bear it.’ Acts 28:28 The Jews had exhausted St. Paul’s patienc...
− 28._Therefore be it. _Lest the Jews may afterward accuse him of revolting, because he forsaketh the holy stock of Abraham, and goeth to the profane Gentiles; he denounceth that which the prophets di...
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...
BE IT KNOWN THEREFORE UNTO YOU,.... Unbelievers and despisers, take this along with you at parting, and do not say you were never acquainted with it: THAT THE SALVATION OF GOD IS SENT UNTO THE GENTIL...
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and _that_ they will hear it. Ver. 28. _That the salvation of God_] _i.e._ The gospel, that "grace of God that bri...
_Be it known, therefore_, &c. Having reproved the unbelieving and disobedient among his hearers, he assured them that the salvation of God, which they despised and seemed to fortify themselves against...
THE SALVATION OF GOD; the gospel, which makes known his salvation and the way to obtain it. Chap Acts 13:46....
BE IT KNOWN, THEREFORE, UNTO YOU THAT THE SALVATION OF GOD IS SENT UNTO THE GENTILES, AND THAT THEY WILL HEAR IT....
A word from Isaiah applied:...
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...
" THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU THAT SALVATION OF GOD HAS BEEN SENT TO THE GENTILES, AND THEY WILL HEAR IT. " 1. Since many of the Jews will reject the message, God has sent Paul to the Gentiles....
As. result, Paul will evangelize the Gentiles in Rome and they will really listen. That is, they will appreciate this message (Acts 13:48)....
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...
THE SALVATION OF GOD; so the gospel is called; because: 1. The finding of it out. 2. The preparing of it by sending his Son. 3. The revealing of it, and; 4. Its efficacy, is only of God. IS SENT UN...
25-28. From what follows, we have reason to suppose that the unbelieving party gave some unbecoming expression to their sentiments. (25) "_ And disagreeing among themselves, they dispersed, Paul sayin...
Acts 28:28 Therefore G3767 be G2077 (G5749) known G1110 you G5213 that G3754 salvation G4992 God G2316 sent...
“Be it known therefore to you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles. They will also hear.” Meanwhile let them know, (and he wanted to provoke them to jealousy by this - Romans 11:11) th...
THIS SALVATION (τουτο το σωτηριον). Adjective from σωτηρ (Saviour), saving, bringing salvation. Common in the old Greek. The neuter as here often in LXX (as Psalms 67:2) as substantive like σωτηρια...
SALVATION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
Acts 28:28 The Churches Warned. Note in what points, if in any, we may claim affinity with these representatives of Judaism at the eventful epoch of its dying struggle with the infant Church. I. Th...
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...
_Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles._ THE SALVATION OF GOD I. The salvation of the gospel is “the salvation of God.” 1. It emanates from God. It is...
_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...
_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 28:23. 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 11:18; Acts 13:38; Acts 13:46; Acts 13:47; Acts 14:27;...