Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 28:29
(16) And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
(16) Not the Gospel, but the contempt of the Gospel is the cause of strife and debate.
(16) And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
(16) Not the Gospel, but the contempt of the Gospel is the cause of strife and debate.
ACTS 28:29 _omit verse_ {A} The Western expansion (represented by 383 614 itgig, p vgmss syrh with *) was adopted by the Byzantine text and lies behind the AV rendering, “And when he had said these w...
Verse Acts 28:29. _AND HAD GREAT REASONING AMONG THEMSELVES._] The believers contending with the unbelievers; and thus we may suppose that the cause of truth gained ground. For contentions about the t...
AND HAD GREAT REASONING - Great discussion or debates. That is, the part which believed that Jesus was the Messiah Acts 28:24 discussed the subject warmly with those who did not believe. This whole ve...
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...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
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...
WORDS. things. The texts omit this verse. AND HAD. having. REASONING. disputation. Greek. _suzetesis._ See Acts 15:2....
_And when_, &c. This verse is omitted in the oldest MSS. and in _R.V._...
Omitted with אABE. _Vulg_. represents it, having ‘et cum hæc dixisset, exierunt ab eo Judæi, multam habentes inter se quæstionem.’ 29. For the authorities which warrant the omission of this verse, se...
_PAUL REMAINED A PRISONER AT ROME ACTS 28:23-31:_ Many Jews came to Paul's house. He used the Law and the Prophets to talk to them about God's kingdom (church). His goal was to "persuade them concerni...
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...
29. Notwithstanding the principal part of Paul's visitors went away unbelievers, they could not at once cast the subject off from their attention. Luke follows them, as they went away, with this remar...
29 Verse 29 is not in the three manuscripts on which this version is based. 31 This proclamation of the kingdom would include its present abeyance and future manifestation. "That which concerns our L...
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...
TROPHIMUS] see on Acts 20:4. 30. They drew him and all his companions 'out of the Temple,' i.e. out of the Court of Israel, and closed the doors of this court, ostensibly to prevent any more Gentiles...
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...
AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS... — The whole verse is wanting in many of the earliest MSS. and versions. It may have been inserted, either by a transcriber, or by the historian himself in a revised...
See critical note. συζήτησιν, _rixa_, Blass; possibly this may have helped to delay the Apostle's trial, as apparently some of the Jews would not have moved in the matter....
PREACHING IN THE WORLD'S CAPITAL Acts 28:21 It was one of the earliest cares of Paul to summon the leading members of the Jewish community, that he might explain to them his position. He made clear t...
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...
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...
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, a...
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...
− 29._Having much reasoning. _No doubt, the wicked were more nettled because he cited the prophecy against them; for they are so far from waxing meek when they are reproved, that they are more inflame...
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 HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS,.... Cited the prophecy of Isaiah, and declared the mission of the Gospel to the Gentiles, and their calling by it; both which must greatly gravel and disturb the unbe...
And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. Ver. 29. _Had great reasoning, &c._] It is not the gospel, but the contempt of the gospel, that breedeth...
_Be it known, therefore_, &c. Having reproved the unbelieving and disobedient among his hearers, he assured them that the salvation of God, which they despised and seemed to fortify themselves against...
GREAT REASONING; about what Paul had said to them....
A word from Isaiah applied:...
AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS, THE JEWS DEPARTED, AND HAD GREAT REASONING AMONG THEMSELVES. It was at this point in the discussion, when some were being persuaded by Paul's words, yielding to the c...
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 WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS, THE JEWS DEPARTED AND HAD A GREAT DISPUTE AMONG THEMSELVES. 1. There was now more discussion than before. 2. Paul certainly peaked their interest and opened up some...
The Jews left but as they left there was. tremendous amount of friction and disagreement among themselves....
23-31 Paul persuaded the Jews concerning Jesus. Some were wrought upon by the word, and others hardened; some received the light, and others shut their eyes against it. And the same has always been t...
Some accusing of Paul, others vindicating of him; some believing, as ACTS 28:24, others not believing; our Saviour, and his gospel too, being for the rising and falling of many....
29. Notwithstanding the principal part of Paul's visitors went away unbelievers, they could not at once cast the subject off from their attention. Luke follows them, as they went away, with this remar...
Acts 28:29 And G2532 he G846 said G2036 (G5631) words G5023 Jews G2453 departed G565 (G5627) had...
‘And he abode two whole years in his own rented dwelling (or ‘at his own expense'), and received all that went in to him, preaching the Kingly Rule of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord...
Acts 28:29. AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS, THE JEWS DEPARTED, AND HAD GREAT REASONING AMONG THEMSELVES. The whole of this verse is wanting in the more ancient MSS. and versions, and must be conside...
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...
SO THEY SET A DATE WITH PAUL. A large number came to hear what he would say. HE TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM. Paul used the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets to preach Christ to them. SOME OF TH...
_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...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:23. INTO his LODGING.—Probably the “hired dwelling,” μίσθωμα, of Acts 28:30, though some (Heschyius, Hackett) consider the term ξενία points to a private house—perhaps that...
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 28:25; John 7:40; Luke 12:51; Matthew 10:34...