CHAPTER 28 PAUL’S VOYAGE TO ROME—DEPARTURE FROM MALTA § 1. Three Months in Malta; or, Two Remarkable Incidents (Acts 28:1). 1. The Preservation of Paul (Acts 28:1). 2. The Healing of Publius’s father (Acts 28:7). § 2. The Castor and Pollux; or, Paul’s Arrival in Rome (Acts 28:11). § 3. An In... [ Continue Reading ]
_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) MELITA.—Not Meleda, an island off the Illyrian coast in the Gulf of Venice, but the modern Malta. Acts... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 27:6). WHICH HAD WINTERED IN THE ISLE.—At Valetta, the principal harbour of Malta. WHOSE SIGN WAS CA... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 the Jews first. Most likely the parties summoned were the rulers of the synagogues, and such as were s... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 of Aquila, or of some other Roman Christian—in which he was entertained as a guest. For EXPOUNDED A... [ Continue Reading ]