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Verse Acts 28:12. _LANDING AT SYRACUSE_] In order to go to _Rome_ from
_Malta_, their readiest course was to keep pretty close to the eastern
coast of Sicily, in order to pass through the straits of _...
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AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE - Syracuse was the capital of the island of
Sicily, on the eastern coast. It was in the direct course from Malta
to Rome. It contains about 18,000 inhabitants....
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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 i...
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JOURNEY FROM MALTA TO ROME.Three months brings us to the middle of
February, which is before the opening of navigation. They had
doubtless seen the _Dioscuri,_ Heavenly Twins, a ship like that in
whic...
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WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
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LANDING. Greek. _katago._ See Acts 21:3.
SYRACUSE. An important town in Sicily (S. E.), still bearing the same
name.
TARRIED. Greek. _epimeno._ See Acts 10:48....
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_And landing_[_R. V._touching] _at Syracuse_ The vessel takes the
regular road, sailing north from Valetta to Sicily. Syracuse was one
of the chief towns of Sicily lying on the south-eastern extremity...
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THE VOYAGE FROM MALTA, AND THE ARRIVAL IN ROME...
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_PAUL FINALLY REACHED ROME ACTS 28:11-16:_ They were on the Island for
three months. They departed for Italy on a ship of Alexandria, which
had wintered there, whose sign was Castor and Pollux “The Tw...
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ΚΑΤΑΧΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΚΑΤΆΓΩ
(G2609) спускаться, приставать.
ΣΥΡΆΚΟΥΣΑΙ (G4946) Сиракузы. Греческий
город на южном побережье Сицилии (ABD,
6:270-71).
ΈΠΕΜΕΊΝΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. о...
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SYRACUSE,— Was the metropolis of Sicily, situated on the east side
of the island, and had a beautiful prospect from every entrance both
by sea and land. The port, which had the sea on both sides of it...
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AT SYRACUSE. Acts 28:11-12.
Acts 28:11
And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had
wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers.
Acts 28:12
And touching at Syr...
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See notes on verse 11...
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And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE - the ancient and celebrated capital of
Sicily, on its eastern coast; about 80 miles, or one day's sail, north
from...
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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 IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16)
17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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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 there...
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AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE... — The city, famous for the memorable
siege during the Peloponnesian war, and at all times taking its place
among the most flourishing towns of Sicily, was about eighty or a...
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καταχ.: “touching at,” R.V., Ramsay, _cf._ Acts 27:3. We are
not told that St. Paul landed, but the local tradition makes him the
founder of the Sicilian Church, C. and H., p. 663, small edit.
Συρ.: ...
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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 great...
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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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Paul's Completes His Journey to Rome!
They set sail aboard another Alexandrian ship after three months,
likely after the worst of the winter storms were over. Their first
stop was at Syracuse, then R...
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And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had
wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. (12) And
landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. (13) And from t...
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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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12._When we were come to Syracuse. _Luke prosecuteth the residue of
the course of their sailing, that they arrived first in Sicilia. And
after that they set a compass − (668) by reason of the tempes...
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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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AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE,.... A famous city in the isle of Sicily, now
called Saragossa: it is placed by Ptolomy c on the east side of the
island, in the Adriatic sea; it was 180 furlongs, or two and t...
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And landing at Syracuse, we tarried _there_ three days.
Ver. 12. _Syracuse_] The metropolis of Sicily, where lived and died
that famous mathematician Archimedes; who by his art so long held out
the c...
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_And_ Soon after, leaving Malta, they made the island of Sicily; and
_landing at Syracuse, tarried there three days_ The ship, probably,
having some goods to put ashore, or some to take in there; for...
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SYRACUSE; a city in the south-eastern part of Sicily. It lay on the
way from Malta to Rome....
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From Melita to Rome:...
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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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AND LANDING AT SYRACUSE, WE STAYED THREE DAYS.
1. Syracuse is the capital of the island of Sicily.
2. It was in the direct route from Malta to go up the western side of
Italy.
3. It is thought that...
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"Syracuse" The trip from Malta to Syracuse, the capital city on the
island of Sicily was. distance of about 80 miles due north, ships
headed from Alexandria to Puteoli commonly stopped here....
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11-16 The common events of travelling are seldom worthy of being
told; but the comfort of communion with the saints, and kindness shown
by friends, deserve particular mention. The Christians at Rome...
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SYRACUSE; the chief city of Sicily, famous for Archimedes. WE TARRIED
THERE THREE DAYS; probably to sell some of their wares, the ship
making a trading voyage....
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Acts 28:12 And G2532 landing G2609 (G5685) at G1519 Syracuse G4946
stayed G1961 (G5656) three G5140 days G2250
Syracuse - Acts 28:12...
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‘And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which
had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was ‘The Sons of Zeus'
(The Twin Brothers). And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there th...
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Acts 28:12. LANDING AT SYRACUSE. Or rather, ‘putting into harbour at
Syracuse.' This was in their direct course. The distance is about
eighty miles to the north of Malta.
THREE DAYS. From what follo...
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TOUCHING
(καταχθεντες). First aorist passive participle of
καταγω, to go down to land, just the opposite of
ανηχθημεν in verse Acts 28:11 from αναγω, to go up to
sea.AT SYRACUSE
(εις Συρακουσας)....
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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 MONTHS. This would be either February or March. The worst
weather would be over. THE Twin GODS. This is the literal translation.
Castor and Pollux were known as "The Twin Gods," and were f...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:12 SYRACUSE was at the eastern end of Sicily.
Its fame as a Hellenistic city rivaled that of Athens. RHEGIUM was at
the southern tip of Italy across from Sicily. PUTEOLI was a maj...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 28:11. AFTER THREE MONTHS.—The departure from Malta took place
in the following spring, probably towards the end of January—and
once more in an Alexandrian ship (compare Acts...
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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...