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Verse Acts 28:29. _AND HAD GREAT REASONING AMONG THEMSELVES._] The
believers contending with the unbelievers; and thus we may suppose
that the cause of truth gained ground. For contentions about the t...
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AND HAD GREAT REASONING - Great discussion or debates. That is, the
part which believed that Jesus was the Messiah Acts 28:24 discussed
the subject warmly with those who did not believe. This whole ve...
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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 is...
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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...
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WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
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WORDS. things. The texts omit this verse.
AND HAD. having.
REASONING. disputation. Greek. _suzetesis._ See Acts 15:2....
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_And when_, &c. This verse is omitted in the oldest MSS. and in _R.V._...
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Omitted with אABE. _Vulg_. represents it, having ‘et cum hæc
dixisset, exierunt ab eo Judæi, multam habentes inter se
quæstionem.’
29. For the authorities which warrant the omission of this verse, se...
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_PAUL REMAINED A PRISONER AT ROME ACTS 28:23-31:_ Many Jews came to
Paul's house. He used the Law and the Prophets to talk to them about
God's kingdom (church). His goal was to "persuade them concerni...
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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...
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29. Notwithstanding the principal part of Paul's visitors went away
unbelievers, they could not at once cast the subject off from their
attention. Luke follows them, as they went away, with this remar...
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29 Verse 29 is not in the three manuscripts on which this version is
based.
31 This proclamation of the kingdom would include its present abeyance
and future manifestation. "That which concerns our L...
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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...
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TROPHIMUS] see on Acts 20:4.
30. They drew him and all his companions 'out of the Temple,' i.e. out
of the Court of Israel, and closed the doors of this court, ostensibly
to prevent any more Gentiles...
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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...
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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 ther...
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AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS... — The whole verse is wanting in
many of the earliest MSS. and versions. It may have been inserted,
either by a transcriber, or by the historian himself in a revised...
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See critical note. συζήτησιν, _rixa_, Blass; possibly this
may have helped to delay the Apostle's trial, as apparently some of
the Jews would not have moved in the matter....
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PREACHING IN THE WORLD'S CAPITAL
Acts 28:21
It was one of the earliest cares of Paul to summon the leading members
of the Jewish community, that he might explain to them his position.
He made clear t...
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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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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...
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(16) And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had
great reasoning among themselves.
(16) Not the Gospel, but the contempt of the Gospel is the cause of
strife and debate....
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And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his
lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God,
persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, a...
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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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29._Having much reasoning. _No doubt, the wicked were more nettled
because he cited the prophecy against them; for they are so far from
waxing meek when they are reproved, that they are more inflame...
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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 WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS,.... Cited the prophecy of Isaiah,
and declared the mission of the Gospel to the Gentiles, and their
calling by it; both which must greatly gravel and disturb the
unbe...
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And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great
reasoning among themselves.
Ver. 29. _Had great reasoning, &c._] It is not the gospel, but the
contempt of the gospel, that breedeth...
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_Be it known, therefore_, &c. Having reproved the unbelieving and
disobedient among his hearers, he assured them that the salvation of
God, which they despised and seemed to fortify themselves against...
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GREAT REASONING; about what Paul had said to them....
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A word from Isaiah applied:...
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AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS, THE JEWS DEPARTED, AND HAD GREAT
REASONING AMONG THEMSELVES.
It was at this point in the discussion, when some were being persuaded
by Paul's words, yielding to the c...
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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 WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS, THE JEWS DEPARTED AND HAD A GREAT
DISPUTE AMONG THEMSELVES.
1. There was now more discussion than before.
2. Paul certainly peaked their interest and opened up some...
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The Jews left but as they left there was. tremendous amount of
friction and disagreement among themselves....
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23-31 Paul persuaded the Jews concerning Jesus. Some were wrought
upon by the word, and others hardened; some received the light, and
others shut their eyes against it. And the same has always been t...
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Some accusing of Paul, others vindicating of him; some believing, as
ACTS 28:24, others not believing; our Saviour, and his gospel too,
being for the rising and falling of many....
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29. Notwithstanding the principal part of Paul's visitors went away
unbelievers, they could not at once cast the subject off from their
attention. Luke follows them, as they went away, with this remar...
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Acts 28:29 And G2532 he G846 said G2036 (G5631) words G5023 Jews G2453
departed G565 (G5627) had...
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‘And he abode two whole years in his own rented dwelling (or ‘at
his own expense'), and received all that went in to him, preaching the
Kingly Rule of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord...
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Acts 28:29. AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS, THE JEWS DEPARTED, AND
HAD GREAT REASONING AMONG THEMSELVES. The whole of this verse is
wanting in the more ancient MSS. and versions, and must be conside...
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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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SO THEY SET A DATE WITH PAUL. A large number came to hear what he
would say. HE TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM. Paul used the Law of Moses and
the writings of the prophets to preach Christ to them. SOME OF TH...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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Acts 28:25; John 7:40; Luke 12:51; Matthew 10:34...