Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 28:2
The barbarous people] RV 'the barbarians.' The Gk. word does not imply that they were uncivilised, but only that they were neither Greeks nor Romans.
The barbarous people] RV 'the barbarians.' The Gk. word does not imply that they were uncivilised, but only that they were neither Greeks nor Romans.
Verse Acts 28:2. _THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE_] We have already seen that this island was peopled by the Phoenicians, or Carthaginians, as Bochart has proved, _Phaleg_. chap. xxvi.; and their ancient langua...
AND THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE - See the notes on Romans 1:14. The Greeks regarded all as barbarians who did not speak their language, and applied the name to all other nations but their own. It does not de...
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 INHABITANTS OF MALTA. The inhabitants of Malta were of Phoenician extraction; they are called barbarians in Acts 28:2, as they spoke another language than Greek; inscriptions in two languages are...
When we had been brought safely to shore, we recognized that the island was Malta. The natives showed us quite extraordinary kindness for they lit a bonfire and brought us all to it because of the rai...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
BARBAROUS PEOPLE. Greek. _barbaros._ Elsewhere, Acts 28:4. Rom 1:14. 1 Chronicles 3:11; 1 Chronicles 3:11. The Greeks called all people who did not speak Greek barbarians, The Maltese were Phoenicians...
_And the barbarous people_ [_R. V._barbarians] The word is used in the original, as it was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Those who did not speak their language were to them always "barbarians...
Acts 28:1-10. THE SHIPWRECKED COMPANY HOSPITABLY ENTERTAINED IN MALTA. PAUL, BITTEN BY A VIPER, FEELS NO HURT. CURE OF THE FATHER OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE...
ΟἽ ΤΕ ΒΆΡΒΑΡΟΙ, _and the barbarians_. The word is used in the original as it was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Those who did not speak their language were to them always ‘barbarians,’ not nec...
_PAUL KINDLY RECEIVED AT MELITA ACTS 28:1-10:_ The 276 people all safely reached the shore on the island of (Melita) Malta. The local people received them and were friendly to them. They were willing...
ΒΆΡΒΑΡΟΣ (G915) не говорящий по-гречески, иностранец. Жителями Мальты были финикийцы, говорившие на одном из пунических или финикийских диалектов (LC; о мальтийском тексте _см._ BASHH, 152; ΚΑΙ, 1:14;...
AND THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE— The ancients looked upon islanders in general as uncivilized, for want of a more free and common conversation with the rest of mankind; and the Greeks and Romans in particula...
MELITA. Acts 28:1-10. Acts 28:1 And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita. Acts 28:2 And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and rec...
See notes on verse 1...
_ And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold._ And the barbarous people - so calle...
34 It is practically impossible to prepare meals in such a storm as they had encountered and the constant toil and apprehension would take away all desire for food. But now that land was near they dou...
28:2 barbarians (c-3) * A name applied to all nations not of Greek or Roman descent and speaking a foreign language....
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...
THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE... — It has been urged in favour of _Meleda_ that this description is more applicable to the people of that island than to those of Malta, whom Diodorus Siculus (v. 12) describes...
βάρβαροι, _i.e._, they were not a Greek-speaking population, _cf._ Romans 1:14 (not barbarians in the modern sense of rude and uncivilised); they were of Phœnician descent, and came under the Roman do...
KINDNESS RICHLY REPAID Acts 28:1 It is pleasant to read of the kindness of these Maltese. In humanity everywhere there are kindly traits, and often there will be ready help for the really destitute....
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...
They soon discovered the island's name was Malta. The natives, who were descendants of Phoenicia, did not speak Greek, but they did show considerable kindness to those recently shipwrecked. Paul helpe...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. (2) And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of...
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...
AND THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE SHOWED US NO LITTLE KINDNESS,.... The inhabitants of this island are called barbarians, not from the country of Barbary, near to which they were; nor so much on account of the...
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. Ver. 2. _And the barbarous people_] So...
_And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness_ In our distressed circumstances; _for they kindled a fire, &c., because of the present rain_ Which had followed the storm; and _because of the c...
THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE; a term applied to the islanders as not speaking the Greek language. Compare Romans 1:14....
AND THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE SHOWED US NO LITTLE KINDNESS; FOR THEY KINDLED A FIRE, AND RECEIVED US, EVERY ONE, BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT RAIN AND BECAUSE OF THE COLD....
THE JOURNEY FROM MELITA TO ROME. Paul again in peril:...
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...
AND THE NATIVES SHOWED US UNUSUAL KINDNESS; FOR THEY KINDLED A FIRE AND MADE US ALL WELCOME, BECAUSE OF THE RAIN THAT WAS FALLING AND BECAUSE OF THE COLD. 1. The KJV calls them "barbarians." This term...
"The natives" Literally the term here is barbarians and anyone in the ancient world at this time that did not speak Greek was termed. barbarian. "Barbaroi is an onomatopoetic word, indicating the conf...
1-10 God can make strangers to be friends; friends in distress. Those who are despised for homely manners, are often more friendly than the more polished; and the conduct of heathens, or persons call...
THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE; so the Grecians and Romans called all other nations that did not receive their customs, nor speak their language, 1 CORINTHIANS 14:11; and to this day the African coast over agai...
Acts 28:2 And G1161 natives G915 showed G3930 (G5707) us G2254 unusual G3756 G5177 (G5631) kindness...
‘And the barbarians showed us no common kindness, for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.' There the people of the island welcomed them wit...
Acts 28:2. THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE SHOWED US NO LITTLE KINDNESS. ‘No _common_ kindness' would be a more correct translation. The Greek word, too, for ‘kindness' (φιλανθρωπι ́ α) is worthy of remark. It d...
THE BARBARIANS (ο βαρβαρο). The Greeks called all men "barbarians" who did not speak Greek (Romans 1:14), not "barbarians" in our sense of rude and uncivilized, but simply "foreign folk." Diodorus S...
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...
THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MALTA. Also called Melita, but not to be confused with the Melita on the coast of Illyricum. This is the island south of Sicily. It is about sixty miles in circumference. THE NAT...
_And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness; for they kindled a fire._ GLAD SURPRISES FOR CHRISTIAN WORKERS God has glad surprises at every turn for those who trust Him, and who walk confi...
_And when they were escaped then they knew._ TOMORROW, A REVEALER A great many things are clearer today than they were last night. Tomorrow will clear up some of the mysteries of today. Weird shapes...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:1. The best authorities read, “And when _we_ were escaped, then _we_ knew”—lit., _And having been saved, then we knew_, or learned (by intercourse with the inhabitants) MEL...
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 14:11; 2 Corinthians 11:27; Acts 27:3; Acts 28:4;...
Barbarous people. From the Roman point of view, regarding all as barbarians who spoke neither Greek nor Latin. Not necessarily uncivilized. It is equivalent to foreigners. Compare Romans 1:14; 1 Corin...
And the barbarians — So the Romans and Greeks termed all nations but their own. But surely the generosity shown by these uncultivated inhabitants of Malta, was far more valuable than all the varnish w...