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ACTS 28:19 tw/n VIoudai,wn
Once again the Western text (represented by 614 syrh with * and other
witnesses) expands the text, adding after tw/n VIoudai,wn the words
kai. evpikrazo,ntwn( Ai=re to.n ev...
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THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT - Against my being set at liberty.
I WAS CONSTRAINED - By a regard to my own safety and character.
TO APPEAL UNTO CAESAR - See the notes on Acts 25:11.
NOT THAT I HAD AUGHT...
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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...
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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...
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WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
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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...
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SPAKE AGAINST. Greek. _antilego._ See Acts 13:45.
CONSTRAINED. Greek. _anankazo._ See Acts 26:11 (the only other
occurance in Acts).
APPEAL UNTO. Greek. _epikaleomai._ See Acts 25:11.
ACCUSE
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_not that I had ought to accuse my nation of_ St Paul shews himself
the patriotic Jew. He knew how many things his fellow-countrymen had
suffered at the hands of the Roman power, and he did not wish i...
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ST PAUL’S INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS IN ROME...
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ΟΥ̓Χ ὩΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ἜΘΝΟΥΣ ΜΟΥ ἜΧΩΝ ΤΙ
ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΕΙ͂Ν, _not that I had ought to accuse my nation of_.
St Paul shews himself the patriotic Jew. He knew how many things his
fellow-countrymen had suffered at the h...
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_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...
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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...
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See notes on verse 17...
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But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto
Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT, I WAS CONSTRAINED TO APPEAL UNTO
CAE...
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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...
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PARTICULARLY] i.e. in minute detail....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ἀντιλ.: the word is a mild one to describe the bitter enmity of
the Jews (“clementer dicit,” Bengel); they are not actually
represented as speaking against Paul's acquittal, although they are
evidentl...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(11) But when the Jews spake against [it], I was constrained to appeal
unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
(11) We may use the means which God gives us, but in such a way that
w...
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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...
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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...
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19._I was enforced to appeal. _This appeal was full of hatred and envy
for this cause, because the authority and liberty of the Jewish nation
did seem to be sore opprest, who could have been content...
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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...
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BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT,.... His being cleared and
dismissed, and desired he might be sent back to Jerusalem, to be tried
and judged there, to which Festus seemed inclined:
I WAS CONSTRAIN...
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But when the Jews spake against _it_, I was constrained to appeal unto
Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
Ver. 19. _To accuse my nation of_] But to defend Christ's cause and
mine ow...
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_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...
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AGAINST IT; against Paul's being set at liberty.
I WAS CONSTRAINED; induced by a suitable regard to his safety, knowing
that the Jews intended to kill him. Chap Acts 23:16; Acts 25:11....
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TWO YEARS AT ROME.
Paul calls the Jews together:...
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BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT, I WAS CONSTRAINED TO APPEAL UNTO
CAESAR; NOT THAT I HAD AUGHT TO ACCUSE MY NATION OF....
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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...
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WHO, WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME, WANTED TO LET ME GO, BECAUSE THERE WAS
NO CAUSE FOR PUTTING ME TO DEATH.
19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to
Caesar, not that I had any...
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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...
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THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT; the Jews used all their oratory and
interest against Paul, both before Felix and Festus. And had it been
in Festus's power, (which after Paul's appeal it was not), he would...
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Acts 28:19 But G1161 Jews G2453 against G483 (G5723) compelled G315
(G5681) appeal G1941 (G5670) Caesar...
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“But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to
Caesar; not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.”
But, he added, the Jews in Jerusalem had spoken against it, with the...
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Acts 28:19. BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT, I WAS CONSTRAINED TO
APPEAL UNTO CÆSAR; NOT THAT I HAD OUGHT TO ACCUSE MY OWN NATION OF.
He presses this point upon them, being most anxious to show the...
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WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT
(αντιλεγοντων των Ιουδαιων). Genitive absolute
again, αντιλεγοντων (αντιλεγω) common verb for
speaking against as in Acts 13:45. _Clementer dicit_ (Bengel). "The
word...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:19 NO CHARGE TO BRING. Paul was a loyal Jew. He
was innocent of the Jews’ charges against him. He also refused to
accuse them of any wrongdoing....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 2:23; Acts 25:10; Acts 25:21; Acts 25:25;...
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When the Jews opposed it — He speaks tenderly of them, not
mentioning their repeated attempts to murder him. Not that I had any
thing to accuse my nation of — Not that I had any design to accuse
other...