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Verse Acts 28:20. _FOR THE HOPE OF ISRAEL I AM BOUND_, c.] As if he
had said: This, and this alone, is the cause of my being delivered
into the hands of the Romans I have proclaimed _Jesus_ as the
_M...
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BECAUSE THAT FOR THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - On account of the hope which the
Jews cherish of the coming of the Messiah; of the resurrection; and of
the future state. See this explained in the notes on Acts...
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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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CALLED FOR. Greek. _parakaleo,_ as in Acts 28:14.
SPEAK WITH. Greek. _proslaleo._ See Acts 13:43.
FOR. Greek. _henek_. _n_. First occurance. Matthew 5:10 (for the sake
of).
the hope of I
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_For this cause therefore have I called for you to see you, and to
speak with you_ [_R. V._"did I intreat you to see and to speak with
_me_"] As the marginal note in the _R. V._shews, the A. V. may be...
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ΔΙᾺ ΤΑΎΤΗΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΤῊΝ ΑἸΤΊΑΝ
ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΕΣΑ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ἸΔΕΙ͂Ν ΚΑῚ
ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΗ͂ΣΑΙ, _for this cause therefore have I called for
you to see and to speak with you_. It is possible in this sentence
either to take ὑμᾶς...
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ST PAUL’S INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS IN ROME...
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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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FOR THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL— "My sufferings arise from my regard to that
glorious Messiah for whom Israel professes to wait, and to that
eternal life which he has purchased, and secured for those that
rec...
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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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For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to
speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with
this chain.
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to s...
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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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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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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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THE LORD (i.e. Jesus)] RV 'God.'
23, 24. The four men were Nazirites (see Numbers 6), and St. Paul was
advised to pay for their sacrifices, and to associate himself with
their Nazirite vow during the...
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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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FOR THE HOPE OF ISRAEL I AM BOUND WITH THIS CHAIN. — The mention of
“chain” in the singular agrees with the fact stated in Acts 28:30,
that he was entrusted to the keeping of a single soldier. There i...
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διὰ ταύτην … προσλαλῆσαι : “for this cause
therefore did I intreat you to see and to speak with _me_,” R.V.
text; in margin a comma is placed after ὑμᾶς, “call for you,
to see and to speak with _you_...
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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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_Because that for the hope of Israel. That is, of the Messias, so long
expected and hoped for by the Israelites. (Witham) --- According to
the Roman custom, St. Paul must have been fastened by the rig...
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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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20._For the hope of Israel. _We must understand much more under these
words than Luke expresseth; as we gather out of the answer, where the
Jews speak of the sect; to wit, repeating his speech, whic...
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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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FOR THIS CAUSE THEREFORE HAVE I CALLED FOR YOU,.... To let them know
the true state of his case; that though he was a prisoner, it was not
for any crime he had done, much less any of a capital nature;...
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For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see _you_, and to
speak with _you_ : because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with
this chain.
Ver. 20. _For the hope of Israel_] That is, for...
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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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THE HOPE OF ISRAEL; the Messiah. All proper efforts should be made to
communicate to men correct information, and prevent their becoming so
prejudiced as to hinder them from candidly hearing the truth...
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FOR THIS CAUSE, THEREFORE, HAVE I CALLED FOR YOU, TO SEE YOU AND TO
SPEAK WITH YOU, BECAUSE THAT FOR THE HOPE OF ISRAEL I AM BOUND WITH
THIS CHAIN.
There was a flourishing congregation in Rome at this...
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TWO YEARS AT ROME.
Paul calls the Jews together:...
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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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"For. am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel"
Compare with Acts 23:6; Acts 26:6. Paul's message, far from
undermining the truthfulness of the Old Testament, is actually the
fulfillme...
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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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FOR THE HOPE OF ISRAEL: see ACTS 23:6, ACTS 24:21. This _hope_ is
either,
1. Of the resurrection, as in the forementioned places; and ACTS
26:6,7; or:
2. The Messiah; Christ is the hope of Israel, so...
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Acts 28:20 For G1223 this G5026 reason G156 therefore G3767 called
G3870 (G5656) you G5209 see G1492 ...
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“This is the reason why I entreated you to see and to speak with me,
for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
And it was the reason why he had called them together to see him an...
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Acts 28:20. FOR THIS CAUSE THEREFORE HAVE I CALLED FOR YOU, TO SEE
YOU, AND TO SPEAK WITH YOU. His love to his own people was so great
that the ever-recurring suspicions of his work and conduct on the...
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DID I INTREAT
(παρεκαλεσα). Did I invite you.BECAUSE OF THE HOPE OF ISRAEL
(εινεκεν της ελπιδος του Ισραελ). Genitive
with preposition εινεκεν. The hope of the Messiah is his point
as in Acts 26:...
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Acts 28:20
If we turn to inquire historically what were the elements in the
Christian faith by virtue of which chiefly it worked and spread in the
early days after the death of Jesus, we find one at l...
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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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_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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_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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_For the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain._
THE CHAIN OF PAUL
1. A disgraceful monument for his blinded people.
2. An honourable sign for the faithful servant of God.
3. A precious comfor...
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CHAINS
Because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. Acts 28:20.
Have you ever tried what it feels like to be fastened to another
person by a rope or a chain? Some of you have run three-...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:20 THE HOPE OF ISRAEL is the arrival of the
Messiah, which is proven by his resurrection (see Acts 23:6;...
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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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2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 2:9; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:15; Acts 26:29;...
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I am bound [π ε ρ ι κ ε ι μ α ι]. Lit., compassed....
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The hope of Israel — What Israel hopes for, namely, the Messiah and
the resurrection....