Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 28:13
See notes on verse 11
See notes on verse 11
ACTS 28:13 perielo,ntej {C} Although it is possible that the reading perielo,ntej is simply a scribal mistake (q having fallen out before o), a majority of the Committee preferred to follow a* B Y...
Verse Acts 28:13. _WE FETCHED A COMPASS_] οθεν περιελθοντες, _Whence we_ _coasted about_. This will appear evident, when the coast of Sicily is viewed on any correct map, of a tolerably large scale....
WE FETCHED A COMPASS - We coasted about; or we sailed along the eastern side of Sicily. AND CAME TO RHEGIUM - This was a city of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, on the coast near the southwest extre...
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...
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...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
After three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered in the island, the figure-head of which was The Heavenly Twins. We landed at Syracuse and stayed there for three days. From the...
FETCHED. COMPASS. having tacked about. Greek. _perierchomai._ See Acts 19:13. Figure of speech _Idioma._ App-6. AND CAME. arrived. Greek. _katantao._ See Acts 16:1. RHEGIUM. Now Reggio, on the Strai...
_we fet a compass_ [_R.V._"made a circuit"] The old English phrase of the A. V. is not uncommon, cp. 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 3:9. They made this winding course because the favourable wind, for which th...
ΠΕΡΙΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ, _having made a circuit_. They made this winding course because the favourable wind, for which they had probably been waiting during the three days’ stay at Syracuse, did not come. ΚΑΤΗΝΤ...
THE VOYAGE FROM MALTA, AND THE ARRIVAL IN ROME...
_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...
ΠΕΡΙΕΛΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΕΡΙΑΙΡΈΩ (G4014) убирать, поднимать якорь (ТС, 501). Другой вариант чтения ΠΕΡΙΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΕΡΙΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4022) идти вокруг (ТС, 500-501). Κ...
AND FROM THENCE WE FETCHED A COMPASS,— _From thence we coasted round, and came over against Rhegium,_ a city and promontory in the southernmost part of Italy; from which, as the name of the place impl...
AT RHEGIUM. Acts 28:13 a. Acts 28:13 And from thence we made a circuit, and arrived at Rhegium: 14. IN PUTEOLI. Acts 28:13 b, Acts 28:1
AND FROM THENCE WE FETCHED A COMPASS, AND CAME TO RHEGIUM: AND AFTER ONE DAY THE SOUTH WIND BLEW, AND WE CAME THE NEXT DAY TO PUTEOLI: And from thence we fetched a compass, [perielthontes (G4014)]...
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...
FETCHED A COMPASS] i.e. made a circuit. RHEGIUM] an ancient Gk. colony situated on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, near the dreaded rock of Scylla, and the whirlpool of Charybdis. PUTEOLI]...
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...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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...
FROM THENCE WE FETCHED A COMPASS. — The phrase, now somewhat obsolete, was formerly in common use for a circuitous route by land or sea from one point to another. (Comp. 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 3:9, an...
περιελθόντες : so A. and R.V., but latter in margin περιελόντες, see critical note. Ramsay also following T.R. points out that the latter reading could hardly signify more than “cast off” (“cast loose...
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 greate...
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...
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 Rh...
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...
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 FROM THENCE WE FETCHED A COMPASS,.... About the isle of Sicily, from Syracuse to Pachinus, the promontory of the island: AND CAME TO RHEGIUM; a city in Calabria, called by Ptolomy k Regium Julium...
And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: Ver. 13. _Came to Rhegium_] Which hath its name of breaking, fro...
_From thence we fetched a compass_ Coasted round the eastern shore of Sicily; _and came to Rhegium_ A town on the Italian shore, opposite to Messina in Sicily; _and after one day_ Having a favourable...
FETCHED A COMPASS; sailed in a winding course; either because they followed the irregularities of the coast, or because they were compelled to beat against a head wind. RHEGIUM; a city near the south...
AND FROM THENCE WE FETCHED A COMPASS AND CAME TO RHEGIUM; AND AFTER ONE DAY THE SOUTH WIND BLEW, AND WE CAME THE NEXT DAY TO PUTEOLI;...
From Melita to Rome:...
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...
FROM THERE WE CIRCLED ROUND AND REACHED RHEGIUM. AND AFTER ONE DAY THE SOUTH WIND BLEW; AND THE NEXT DAY WE CAME TO PUTEOLI, 1. The KJV says they "fetched a compass." This is not accurate. The word h...
"Rhegium" Pronounced ree jee uhm, this was. seaport on the coast of southern Italy, across the Strait of Messina from the island of Sicily. "Sailed around" Due to the wind they may have been forced to...
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...
RHEGIUM; a city in the kingdom of Naples, over against Messina in Sicily; so called because that Sicily was believed to be thereabouts rent and plucked from the main land, unto which they held it to h...
Acts 28:13 there G3606 round G4022 (G5631) reached G2658 (G5656) G1519 Rhegium G4484 And G2532 after...
‘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...
Acts 28:13. FROM THENCE WE FETCHED A COMPASS. The meaning of this English phrase is (as in 2 Kings 3:9), that they did not sail in a straight course; and from the mention of a fair wind presently afte...
WE MADE A CIRCUIT (περιελθοντες). Second aorist active of περιερχομα, to go around, old verb, already in Acts 19:13. See also Hebrews 11:37; 1 Timothy 5:13. But Westcott and Hort read περιελοντες af...
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...
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...
_And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria._ THE JOURNEY TO ROME 1. After a delay of three months--_i.e._, when winter was past and spring approaching--the party put to sea again. Ca...
_In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius._ PUBLIUS Here is-- I. An obscure man made famous. History says nothing about Publius. As far as the Rom...
_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 28:12 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
_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 2...
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...
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