Lactantius On the Workmanship of God
For if you afforded yourself a ready hearer in literature, which did nothing else than form the style, how much more teachable ought you to be in these true studies, which have reference even to the life! And I now profess to you, that I am hindered by no necessity of circumstance or time from composing something by which the philosophers of our sect[2]
Verse Acts 28:22. _FOR AS CONCERNING THIS SECT_] Acts 24:14, Acts 24:14. A saying of _Justin Martyr_ casts some light on this saying of the Jews: he asserts that the Jews not only _cursed them_ in th...
WHAT THOU THINKEST - What your belief is; or what are the doctrines of Christians respecting the Messiah. THIS SECT - The sect of Christians. SPOKEN AGAINST - Particularly by Jews. This was the case...
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...
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...
DESIRE. think it right. Greek. _axioo._ See Acts 15:38. OF. from. Greek. _para_. App-104. AS, &C. = concerning this sect indeed. SECT. Greek. _hairesis._. See Acts 5:17. WE KNOW. it is known (Greek...
_But we desire to hear of thee_ He was a Jew, one of their own nation, and was likely to be able to put his belief before them in its true light. They professed to be open to reason, but this may have...
ἈΞΙΟΥ͂ΜΕΝ ΔῈ ΠΑΡᾺ ΣΟΥ͂�, _but we desire to hear of thee_. He was a Jew, one of their own nation, and was likely to be able to put his belief before them in its true light. They professed to be open to...
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...
ΆΞΙΟΎΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΞΙΌΩ (G515) считать достойным, считать правым, с _inf._ ΆΚΟΎΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf., см._ Acts 28:15. ΦΡΟΝΕΊΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΡΟΝΈΩ (G5426) думать, ΓΝΩΣΤΌΣ (G1110...
DISCOURSE: 1817 THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST EVIL SPOKEN OF Acts 28:22. _We desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against_. AS preju...
WE KNOW THAT EVERY WHERE IT IS SPOKEN AGAINST.— Justin Martyr has assigned one of the chief reasons why the _Christians_ laboured so universally under the _popular odium:_ "for the Jews (says he,) not...
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 22...
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. BUT WE DESIRE, [ _ axioumen (_ G515 _ )] - 'we deem it proper,' or 'due,...
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...
28:22 beg (f-3) Or 'we should think well.'...
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...
The Jews profess no first-hand knowledge of the Christians, hence it is evident that at Rome the Church and the Synagogue were already definitely separated. The expulsion of the Jews from Rome by Clau...
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...
WE DESIRE... AS CONCERNING THIS SECT... — Better, _we request of thee._ The term is that which had been used by Tertullus when he spoke of the “_sect_ of the Nazarenes” (Acts 24:5). The speakers had c...
ἀξιοῦμεν δὲ : “but we think good,” _cf._ Acts 15:38. They acknowledge that no report had reached them to invalidate the statements which Paul had just made as to the causes of his imprisonment, but (δ...
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...
It is every where gainsayed. Here we observe one of the characters of the true religion. It is contradicted and spoken against. As singular as this may appear, it is however true. Jesus, the author of...
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...
BUT WE DESIRE TO HEAR OF THEE WHAT THOU THINKEST,.... What was his opinion and judgment, concerning the Messiah, whether he was come or not, and whether Jesus of Nazareth was he; and concerning other...
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. Ver. 22. _Everywhere it is spoken against_] _Nomen in Christianis damnaba...
_And they said, We_ have _neither received letters_, &c. There must have been a particular providence in this; _neither any of the brethren_, (the Jews,) _that came_ from Judea, _showed or spake any h...
THIS SECT; Christians. The fact that some persons are very unpopular, and that many speak against them, is no certain evidence that they are wrong. This opposition may arise from the fact, that the pr...
Paul testifies of the kingdom of God:...
BUT WE DESIRE TO HEAR OF THEE WHAT THOU THINKEST; FOR AS CONCERNING THIS SECT, WE KNOW THAT EVERYWHERE IT IS SPOKEN AGAINST....
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...
BUT WE DESIRE TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOU THINK; FOR CONCERNING THIS SECT, WE KNOW THAT IT IS SPOKEN AGAINST EVERYWHERE. " 1. The Jews are interested in what Paul has to say about the sect to which he...
"But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere" Give this Jewish leaders credit, they are willing to listen even...
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...
SECT, or heresy, for so they called the Christian religion, ACTS 24:5,14. EVERY WHERE IT IS SPOKEN AGAINST; of all conditions of men, governors and people, and in all places; as, LUKE 2:34, Christ is...
Acts 28:22 But G1161 desire G515 (G5719) hear G191 (G5658) from G3844 you G4675 what G3739 think...
“ But we desire to hear from you what you think, for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.” Meanwhile the Jewish leaders expressed their desire to hear his v...
Acts 28:22. BUT WE DESIRE TO HEAR OF THEE WHAT THOU THINKEST: FOR AS CONCERNING THIS SECT, WE KNOW THAT EVERYWHERE IT IS SPOKEN AGAINST. The leading Jews of Rome who accepted the prisoner Paul's invit...
BUT WE DESIRE (αξιουμεν δε). Old verb αξιοω, to deem worthy, to think right or proper as in Acts 15:38 which see. They think it only fair to hear Paul's side of his case.CONCERNING THIS SECT (περ...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
1 Corinthians 11:19; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 4:14; A
We desire [α ξ ι ο υ μ ε ν]. Rather, we think it fitting. Compare ch. 14 38. Sect. See on heresies, 2 Peter 2:1....
This sect we know is every where spoken against — This is no proof at all of a bad cause, but a very probable mark of a good one....