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Acts 28:13

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 Straits of Messina.

the south wind blew, and. a south wind having sprung up. Greek. epiginomai. Only here.

the next day. the second day. Greek. deuteraios. Only here.

Puteoli. On the Bay of Naples. It was here Josephus and his shipwrecked companions were landed. Now Pozzuoli.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    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...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE VOYAGE FROM MALTA, AND THE ARRIVAL IN ROME...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • 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

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • 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

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • 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

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    From Melita to Rome:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

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

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • 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

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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