使徒の働き 28:12-13 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:13

Made a circuit for fetched a compass, A.V.; arrived at for came to, A.V. ; a south for the south, A.V.; sprang up for blew, A.V.; on the second day we came for we came the next day, A.V. We made a circuit ; περιελθόντες . St. Luke only uses this word in one other passage, Acts 19:13 ," The strolling [or, 'vagabond'] Jews;" and it has the same sense of "wandering" in the only other passages where it occurs in the New Testament ( 1 Timothy 5:13 ; Hebrews 11:37 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:12

And landing at Syracuse - Syracuse was the capital of the island of Sicily, on the eastern coast. It was in the direct course from Malta to Rome. It contains about 18,000 inhabitants. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:13

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 extremity of Italy. It was nearly opposite to Messina, in Sicily. It is now called “Reggio.”The south wind - A wind favorable for their voyage.To Puteoli - The wells. This place was celebrated for its warm baths, and from these and its springs it is supposed to have derived its name of The Wells. It is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 28:12

Acts 28:12. And Soon after, leaving Malta, they made the island of Sicily; and landing at Syracuse, tarried there three days The ship, probably, having some goods to put ashore, or some to take in there; for the ship seems to have been making a trading voyage. This city was the metropolis of Sicily, situated on the east side of the island, and had a beautiful prospect for every entrance, both by sea and land. The port, which had the sea on both sides of it, was almost wholly surrounded... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 28:13-15

Acts 28:13-15. 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 gale, we pursued our voyage; and came to Puteoli A great seaport town of Campania, not far from Naples. Here finding Christian brethren To whom Paul was known, at least by his fame; we were desired to stay with them seven days That they might have an opportunity of hearing... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 28:1-15

From Caesarea to Rome (27:1-28:15)Festus arranged for a centurion and a unit of Roman soldiers to take Paul, along with a number of other prisoners, to Rome. Two Christians also went with Paul, his loyal friend Luke and a church leader from Thessalonica named Aristarchus (27:1-2; cf. 19:29; 20:4). They began the journey on a ship that took them as far as Myra in Asia Minor. There they changed to one of the huge grain ships that sailed between Alexandria and Italy. After several days they came... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 28:12

landing . Greek. katago. See Acts 21:3 . Syracuse . An important town in Sicily (S. E.), still bearing the same name. tarried . Greek. epimeno. See Acts 10:48 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 28:13

fetched a 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. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 28:12

And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. And from thence we made a circuit, and arrived at Rhegium: and after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.Made a circuit ... indicates that the voyage from Syracuse to Rhegium required sailing in a circle, due to the direction of the wind. Rhegium is "the modern Reggio dis Calabria on the "toe" of Italy,"[14] and thus at the eastern extremity of the Strait of Massena, site of the famed rock of Scylla and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:12

Acts 28:12. Syracuse,— Was the metropolis of Sicily, situated on the east side of the island, and had a beautiful prospect from every entrance both by sea and land. The port, which had the sea on both sides of it, was almost wholly surrounded with elegant buildings; all the suburbs being on both sides banked up and supported with walls of marble. While in its splendor, this city was the largest and richest belonging to the Greeks; it was twenty-two miles in circuit, and perhaps equalled... read more