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Acts 28:8

ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 28:8 The description of Publius’s father as having fever and dysentery fits the symptoms of an infection caused by goat’s milk called “Malta fever.”

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 28:8. _THE FATHER OF PUBLIUS LAY SICK_] πυρετοις και δυσεντερια; Of a fever and dysentery; perhaps a _cholera morbus_. _PAUL - PRAYED_] That God would exert his power; _and laid his hands...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A BLOODY FLUX - Greek: dysentery. AND LAID HIS HANDS ON HIM ... - In accordance with the promise of the Saviour, Mark 16:18. This miracle was a suitable return for the hospitality of Publius, and wou...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    VISIT TO PUBLIUS. The chief man of the island is in the Gr. the first man, an official title, found on inscriptions in Malta (p. 614). The cure of his father by Paul is effected by prayer and impositi...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    In the neighbourhood of that place there were estates which belonged to the Chief of the island, who was called Publius. He welcomed us and hospitably entertained us for three days. It so happened tha...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SICK OF. taken with. Greek. _sunecho._ See Luke 4:38. A FEVER. fevers. Greek. _puretos._ Elsewhere Matthew 8:15.Mark 1:31.Luke 4:38;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And it came to pass, that_ [_R.V._"and it was so, that"]. The _R. V._is the better modern rendering. The expression means "It happened that, &c.," not that after the arrival of St Paul the father fel...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 28:1-10. THE SHIPWRECKED COMPANY HOSPITABLY ENTERTAINED IN MALTA. PAUL, BITTEN BY A VIPER, FEELS NO HURT. CURE OF THE FATHER OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ ΔΈ, _and it was so, that_, &c. The words do not mean as might be thought from A.V. ‘and it came to pass, that,’ &c., that the father of Publius fell ill after St Paul’s arrival, but that he wa...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PAUL KINDLY RECEIVED AT MELITA ACTS 28:1-10:_ The 276 people all safely reached the shore on the island of (Melita) Malta. The local people received them and were friendly to them. They were willing...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 28:6. О семитском обороте _см._ Luke 2:1. ΠΥΡΕΤΟΪ́Σ _dat. pl._ от ΠΥΡΕΤΌΣ (G4446) горячка. _Instr. dat._ ΔΥΣΕΝΤΕΡΊΦ _dat. sing. от_ ΔΥΣΕΝΤΈΡΙΟΝ (G1420) диз...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    MELITA. Acts 28:1-10. Acts 28:1 And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita. Acts 28:2 And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and rec...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    8-10. But no man ever loses by such hospitality, especially if it be extended to a servant of God. Publius was not without a reward for his kindness. (8) "_And it came to pass that the father of Publi...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT THE FATHER OF PUBLIUS LAY SICK OF A FEVER AND OF A BLOODY FLUX: TO WHOM PAUL ENTERED IN, AND PRAYED, AND LAID HIS HANDS ON HIM, AND HEALED HIM. _ And it came to pass, that...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    34 It is practically impossible to prepare meals in such a storm as they had encountered and the constant toil and apprehension would take away all desire for food. But now that land was near they dou...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BLOODY FLUX] RV 'dysentery.' Observe in this v. the technical medical language....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LAY SICK OF A FEVER AND A BLOODY FLUX. — Literally, _with fevers and dysentery,_ both words being used by St. Luke with professional precision. The plural, “fevers,” probably indicates the attacks of...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    πυρετοῖς : the use of the plural for a fever is peculiar to St. Luke in N.T., and quite medical, Hobart, J. Smith, Zahn (_cf._ Luke 4:38-39); although the plural is found in Dem., Lucian in the sense...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    KINDNESS RICHLY REPAID Acts 28:1 It is pleasant to read of the kindness of these Maltese. In humanity everywhere there are kindly traits, and often there will be ready help for the really destitute....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    They soon discovered the island's name was Malta. The natives, who were descendants of Phoenicia, did not speak Greek, but they did show considerable kindness to those recently shipwrecked. Paul helpe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. (8) And it came to pass, that the father of Publius...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 8._And had laid his hands upon him _Paul declareth by prayer that he himself is not the author of the miracle, but only the minister, lest God be defrauded of his glory. He confirmeth this self-same...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE FATHER OF PUBLIUS,.... So that Publius was not an old man, though of so much dignity and wealth: the Arabic version, contrary to all copies, and other versions, reads, "th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. Ver. 8. _Sick of a fever_] Wh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _In the same quarters_ In the neighbourhood of the place where the ship was stranded, and the shipwrecked company had met with such kind treatment; _were possessions of the chief man of the island_ Th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE FATHER OF PUBLIUS LAY SICK OF A FEVER AND OF A BLOODY FLUX; TO WHOM PAUL ENTERED IN, AND PRAYED, AND LAID HIS HANDS ON HIM, AND HEALED HIM....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The healing of the father of Publius:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    AND IT HAPPENED THAT THE FATHER OF PUBLIUS LAY SICK OF A FEVER AND DYSENTERY. PAUL WENT IN TO HIM AND PRAYED, AND HE LAID HANDS ON HIM, AND HEALED HIM. 1. The father of this prominent man is very sic...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "Recurrent fever and dysentery" The combination of the two made his case all the more serious. In addition, the island of Malta was known for having. very unpleasant fever of its own, "Malta fever"....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 God can make strangers to be friends; friends in distress. Those who are despised for homely manners, are often more friendly than the more polished; and the conduct of heathens, or persons call...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A BLOODY FLUX; a painful and dangerous disease; the torment in the bowels frequently causing a fever. AND PRAYED; Paul could do nothing of himself, and therefore begs of God the recovery of Publius's...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    8-10. But no man ever loses by such hospitality, especially if it be extended to a servant of God. Publius was not without a reward for his kindness. (8) "_ And it came to pass that the father of Publ...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 28:8 And G1161 happened G1096 (G5633) father G3962 Publius G4196 lay G2621 (G5738) sick G4912 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And it was so, that the father of Publius lay sick of fevers and dysentery, to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him healed him.' While they were there Paul learned that Publ...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 28:8. LAY SICK OF A FEVER AND OF A BLOODY FLUX. He was suffering, in fact, from dysentery, attended with fever. We meet here with another of the fantastic objections which have been brought again...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    LAY (κατακεισθα). Common verb for the sick (Mark 1:30; John 5:6).SICK (συνεχομενον). "Held together." Common verb again for the sick as in Luke 4:38.OF FEVER (πυρετοις). Instrumental case, and p...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    THE CHIEF OF THE ISLAND. Publius is probably the Roman governor of the island. It would be his duty to take care of the Roman officer, soldiers, and their prisoners as well. He was kind and generous t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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) MEL...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:9; 1 Kings 17:20; Acts 19:11;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Sick [σ υ ν ε χ ο μ ε ν ο ν]. Lit., taken or holden. See on taken, Luke 4:38. Fever [π υ ρ ε τ ο ι ς]. Lit., fevers. This peculiarly medical use of the plural is confined to Luke in the New Testament....

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