Acts 28:11

After three months we sailed in an Alexandrian ship whose figurehead was the Twin Brothers, which had wintered at the island.

1. They were on Malta for about 3 months. Winter is over and spring is coming.

2. Ships are now sailing again. The sea and the winds are more favorable for travel.

3. Here was another ship from Alexandria, Egypt. The ship that wrecked was also from Alexandria. (Acts 27:6)

4. On the front of the ship was usually a carved figure - called the figurehead - that was thought to represent the god or image which would protect the ship. This ship had the figurehead of the twin brothers.

5. Albert Barnes says, " Castor and Pollux - These were two semi-deities. They were reputed to be twin brothers, sons of Jupiter and Leda, the wife of Tyndarus, king of Sparta."