Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 28:1
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called (a) Melita.
(a) That place which we today call Malta.
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called (a) Melita.
(a) That place which we today call Malta.
ACTS 28:1 Meli,th {A} The reading Melith,nh (B* _al_) probably arose through dittography of some of the letters in Meli,th h` nh/soj in _scriptio continua_. The reading Mutilh,nh, presupposed by seve...
CHAPTER XXVIII. _St. Paul, and the rest of the crew, getting safely ashore, find_ _that the island on which they were shipwrecked is called_ Melita, 1. _They are received with great hospitality by...
THEY KNEW - Either from their former acquaintance with the island, or from the information of the inhabitants. WAS CALLED MELITA - Now called “Malta.” It was celebrated formerly for producing large qu...
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)...
WHEN THEY WERE. having. ESCAPED. Greek. _diasozo._ Same as in Acts 27:43; Acts 27:44. See Matthew 14:36. THEY. The texts read "we". KNEW. Greek. _epiginosko_ App-132. ISLAND. G
Acts 28:1. The shipwrecked company hospitably entertained in Malta. Paul, bitten by a viper, feels no hurt. Cure of the father of the chief magistrate 1. _And when they were escaped_ The oldest MSS....
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...
ἘΠΈΓΝΩΜΕΝ for ἐπέγνωσαν with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘cognovimus.’ 1. ΔΙΑΣΩΘΈΝΤΕΣ ΤΌΤΕ ἘΠΈΓΝΩΜΕΝ, _when we were escaped, then we knew_, i.e. we found out from the natives who were on the shore. ΜΕΛΊΤΗ, _Melita...
_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...
ΔΙΑΣΩΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΔΙΑΣΦΖΩ (G1295) полностью спасать (_см._ Acts 27:43). ΈΠΈΓΝΩΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1921) знать, узнавать. ΜΕΛΊΤΗ (G3194) Мелит. Следует считат...
ESCAPED,— That is, _Got safe to land._ There were two islands called _Melita;_ this was that which lay between Africa and Sicily, being about twelve miles broad and twenty long, and sixty distant from...
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...
XXVIII: 1, 2. (1) “_And after they had escaped, they knew that the island was called Melita._ (2) _Now the barbarians showed us no little philanthropy; for they kindled a fire, on account of the rain...
AND WHEN THEY WERE ESCAPED, THEN THEY KNEW THAT THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MELITA. And when they were escaped, then they knew - `then we knew' is evidently the true reading [epegnoomen ( G1921 )]. That...
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...
28:1 Melita. (b-16) Malta....
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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...
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...
XXVIII. (1) THEN THEY KNEW THAT THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MELITA. — There is no ground for questioning the current belief that this was the modern _Malta,_ It was the only island known as _Melita_ by the...
διασωθέντες, see on Acts 27:43. Used by Josephus of his own shipwreck and escape, _Vita_, 3, and in Xen. and Thuc. of coming safely to a place. τότε ἐπέγ.: not imperfect as in Acts 27:39; here denotin...
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...
Melita, now called Malta, famous for being the residence of, and giving the title to, the military order of Knights, who strenuously resisted the Turks, when they threatened to overrun Christendom. Th...
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...
CONTENTS The Lord disposeth the Hearts of a barbarous People, on whose Ground Paul and the Ship's Company were cast, to receive them kindly. Paul healeth the Sick in the Island. They at length depart...
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...
− 1.That doleful spectacle is described in the beginning of the chapter, when so many men being wet, and also all berayed with the foam and filth of the sea, and stiff with cold, did with much ado cra...
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 WHEN THEY WERE ESCAPED,.... From the danger they were exposed to by shipwreck, and were got safe to land; this is omitted in the Syriac version: THEN THEY KNEW THAT THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MELITA;...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. Ver. 1. _And when they were escaped_] Some of them escaped perhaps as narrowly as did Sir Thomas Challoner, who when he w...
_When they were escaped, they knew_ From some of the inhabitants who came to them; _that the island_ On which they were cast; _was called Melita_ Or, Malta. This island, which took its name from the a...
MELITA; an island about sixty miles south of Sicily, now called Malta. It is a little north of west from the island of Clauda. See note to chap Acts 27:16....
AND WHEN THEY WERE ESCAPED, THEN THEY KNEW THAT THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MELITA....
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...
NOW WHEN THEY HAD ESCAPED, THEY THEN FOUND OUT THAT THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MALTA. 1. Meeting the natives of this island, they now learn where they are. 2. The island is called Malta. Malta is about 6...
"And when they had been brought safely through" Compare with Acts 27:44. The expression brought safely through was. "regular way of stating the idea of passing through extreme danger and still being a...
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...
ACTS CHAPTER 28 ACTS 28:1,2 Paul and his company, after their shipwreck, are kindly entertained by the barbarians of Melita. ACTS 28:3 A viper fastening on his hand without hurting him, the people, wh...
XXVIII: 1, 2. (1) “_ And after they had escaped, they knew that the island was called Melita._ (2) _Now the barbarians showed us no little philanthropy; for they kindled a fire, on account of the rain...
Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul It came to pass, after Paul went out of the island Gaudomeleta,[1]...
Acts 28:1 Now G2532 escaped G1295 (G5685) then G5119 out G1921 (G5627) that G3754 island G3520 called...
‘And when we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.' Once ashore having escaped the sea they learned that the island on which they had landed was Malta. Malta, also called Melita...
_St. Paul's Stay of Three Months in MelitaMiracles wrought there by the Apostle,_ 1-10. Acts 28:1. WHEN THEY WERE ESCAPED. The original verb here and in Acts 28:4 is the same that is translated ‘save'...
THEN WE KNEW (τοτε επεγνωμεν). Second aorist (ingressive) active indicative of επιγινωσκω. Then we recognized. See Acts 27:39.WAS CALLED (καλειτα). Present passive indicative retained in indirect...
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 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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:1 MALTA was on the main route from Myra (Acts 27:5) to Rome. God had brought them through the storm and back on course....
_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...
Acts 27:26; Acts 27:44...
They knew. The best texts read we knew : ascertained or recognized : with a reference to ver. 39....
Melita or Malta, is about twelve miles broad, twenty long, and sixty distant from Sicily to the south. It yields abundance of honey, (whence its name was taken,) with much cotton, and is very fruitful...
After. long and dangerous voyage, recorded in the foregoing chapter, the providence of God brought St. Paul and the rest of the prisoners to an island called Melita, where they were courteously receiv...