Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 28:19
See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
ACTS 28:19 tw/n VIoudai,wn Once again the Western text (represented by 614 syrh with * and other witnesses) expands the text, adding after tw/n VIoudai,wn the words kai. evpikrazo,ntwn( Ai=re to.n ev...
THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT - Against my being set at liberty. I WAS CONSTRAINED - By a regard to my own safety and character. TO APPEAL UNTO CAESAR - See the notes on Acts 25:11. NOT THAT I HAD AUGHT...
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...
INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS AT ROME. Acts 28:30 is continuous with Acts 28:16. In Acts 28:17 the programme ascribed to Paul in Ac., that he addresses the Jews first, the Gentiles when the Jews have proved...
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...
SPAKE AGAINST. Greek. _antilego._ See Acts 13:45. CONSTRAINED. Greek. _anankazo._ See Acts 26:11 (the only other occurance in Acts). APPEAL UNTO. Greek. _epikaleomai._ See Acts 25:11. ACCUSE
_not that I had ought to accuse my nation of_ St Paul shews himself the patriotic Jew. He knew how many things his fellow-countrymen had suffered at the hands of the Roman power, and he did not wish i...
ST PAUL’S INTERVIEW WITH THE JEWS IN ROME...
ΟΥ̓Χ ὩΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ἜΘΝΟΥΣ ΜΟΥ ἜΧΩΝ ΤΙ ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΕΙ͂Ν, _not that I had ought to accuse my nation of_. St Paul shews himself the patriotic Jew. He knew how many things his fellow-countrymen had suffered at the h...
_PAUL'S CONFERENCE WITH THE JEWS ACTS 28:17-22:_ Immediately after Paul reached Rome (three days), he called together some of the Jews. He explained that he had done nothing against the Jews or the cu...
ΆΝΤΙΛΕΓΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΑΝΤΙΛΈΓΩ (G483) выступать против, возражать. _Gen. abs. temp._ или причины. _Praes._ указывает на повторяющееся действие, ΉΝΑΓΚΆΣΘΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΑΝΑΓΚΆΖΩ...
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...
_ _ But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT, I WAS CONSTRAINED TO APPEAL UNTO CAE...
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...
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...
PARTICULARLY] i.e. in minute detail....
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...
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...
ἀντιλ.: the word is a mild one to describe the bitter enmity of the Jews (“clementer dicit,” Bengel); they are not actually represented as speaking against Paul's acquittal, although they are evidentl...
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...
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...
(11) But when the Jews spake against [it], I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. (11) We may use the means which God gives us, but in such a way that w...
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against th...
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...
− 19._I was enforced to appeal. _This appeal was full of hatred and envy for this cause, because the authority and liberty of the Jewish nation did seem to be sore opprest, who could have been content...
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...
BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT,.... His being cleared and dismissed, and desired he might be sent back to Jerusalem, to be tried and judged there, to which Festus seemed inclined: I WAS CONSTRAIN...
But when the Jews spake against _it_, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. Ver. 19. _To accuse my nation of_] But to defend Christ's cause and mine ow...
_And after three days_ Given to rest and prayer; _Paul called the chief of the Jews together_ His great love to the Jews induced him, wherever he came and found any, to labour in the first place to pr...
AGAINST IT; against Paul's being set at liberty. I WAS CONSTRAINED; induced by a suitable regard to his safety, knowing that the Jews intended to kill him. Chap Acts 23:16; Acts 25:11....
TWO YEARS AT ROME. Paul calls the Jews together:...
BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT, I WAS CONSTRAINED TO APPEAL UNTO CAESAR; NOT THAT I HAD AUGHT TO ACCUSE MY NATION OF....
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...
WHO, WHEN THEY HAD EXAMINED ME, WANTED TO LET ME GO, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAUSE FOR PUTTING ME TO DEATH. 19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had any...
17-22 It was for the honour of Paul that those who examined his case, acquitted him. In his appeal he sought not to accuse his nation, but only to clear himself. True Christianity settles what is of...
THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT; the Jews used all their oratory and interest against Paul, both before Felix and Festus. And had it been in Festus's power, (which after Paul's appeal it was not), he would...
Acts 28:19 But G1161 Jews G2453 against G483 (G5723) compelled G315 (G5681) appeal G1941 (G5670) Caesar...
“But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.” But, he added, the Jews in Jerusalem had spoken against it, with the...
Acts 28:19. BUT WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT, I WAS CONSTRAINED TO APPEAL UNTO CÆSAR; NOT THAT I HAD OUGHT TO ACCUSE MY OWN NATION OF. He presses this point upon them, being most anxious to show the...
WHEN THE JEWS SPAKE AGAINST IT (αντιλεγοντων των Ιουδαιων). Genitive absolute again, αντιλεγοντων (αντιλεγω) common verb for speaking against as in Acts 13:45. _Clementer dicit_ (Bengel). "The word...
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 DAYS. Notice he could not "sit still." Likely the first three days had been spent visiting with the believers. Now he gets down to work! THE LOCAL JEWISH LEADERS. About the time Christ was...
_After three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together._ PAUL’S FIRST CONFERENCE WITH THE JEWISH CHIEFS Note-- I. His address. In justifying himself he states-- 1. That his captivity was not...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:19 NO CHARGE TO BRING. Paul was a loyal Jew. He was innocent of the Jews’ charges against him. He also refused to accuse them of any wrongdoing....
_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 th...
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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When the Jews opposed it — He speaks tenderly of them, not mentioning their repeated attempts to murder him. Not that I had any thing to accuse my nation of — Not that I had any design to accuse other...