使徒行傳 28:7-9 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

Kindness. Genuine kindness is a pleasant thing to see by whomsoever and under whatsoever circumstances it is exercised. God has planted it in the human breast, and it is one of the distinctive attributes of man. Too often, indeed, the indulgence of bad passions is suffered to choke it, and rival interests to interfere with its action. Still, there it is, a faint reflection, it is true, of the love of God, but nevertheless a remnant of God's image in man; pleasant to behold, sweetening the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

A picture of the human. In these few verses we have a graphic picture of some of the experiences of our life and of the instincts or intuitions of our nature. I. A PICTURE OF THE HUMAN . 1. Human suffering. 2. Unspoiled human nature. Such is the dire effect of long-continued, sin upon the soul, that it often happens that nearly every vestige of the goodness with which our Creator first endowed us disappears. As God made us, it was natural that we should compassionate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

Occurrences at Malta. I. THE HOSPITALITY OF THE HEATHEN . The instinct of kindness is God-implanted in the human heart. Hospitality was not so much a virtue in heathendom as the refusal of it a crime. So much the more must any "shutting up of the bowels of compassion" against the needy brother or the stranger be an offence against the Son of man. The great charge which he, in his depiction of the scene of judgment, brings against the unfaithful is the neglect of the common... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:7

Now in the neighborhood of that place for in the same quarters, A.V.; lands belonging to for possessions of, A.V.; named for whose name was, A.V.; entertained for lodged, A.V. Lands ( χωρία ); so John 4:5 ; Actsi. 18,19; John 4:34 ; John 5:3 , John 5:8 . The chief man of the island ( τῷ πρώτῃ τῆς νήσου ) . It appears that, with his usual accurate knowledge gained on the spot (see Acts 16:22 . note), St. Luke here gives to Publius his peculiar official... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:7-10

"The healing of the nations." The mission of Christianity to heal both body and soul. The powerful appeal which can be made through gratitude. The necessity of a prayerful spirit in the exercise of the gifts bestowed. I. LESSONS ON THE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER . 1. Personal character a great power in the ministration of truth. "They said he was a god." We must make a way for ourselves to men's hearts. 2. Benevolent works an introduction for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:7-10

A type of the beneficent action of Christianity. Christian truth embodied in Christian men had not long been in an island to which it was quite strange before it found its footing, made its mark, and left behind it memories equally lasting and fragrant. Amid the wide group of suggestions offered by these verses, we may especially note the following as particularly worthy of a place in connection with this history:— I. THE WATCHFULNESS OF THE MASTER OVER HIS SERVANTS TO... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:8

It was so for it came to pass, A.V.; fever for a fever, A.V.; dysentery for of a bloody flux, A.V.; unto for to, A.V.; and laying, etc., healed for and laid, etc., and healed, A.V. The father of Publius . The fact of the father of Publius being alive and living in Malta is a further indication that the term ὁ πρῶτος τῆς νήσου is an official title. Lay sick . συνέχεσθαι is also the usual medical expression for being taken sick of any disease. It is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:8

Christian returns for kindness shown. "Not far from the scene of the shipwreck lay the town now called Alta Vecchia, the residence of Publius, the governor of the island, who was probably a legate of the Printer of Sicily. Since Julius was a person of distinction, this Roman official, who bore the title of protos (first)—a local designation, the accuracy of which is supported by inscriptions—offered to the centurion a genial hospitality, in which Paul and his friends were allowed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:9

And for so, A.V. and T.R.; the rest for others, A.V.; cured for healed, A.V. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:7

In the same quarters - In that place, or that part of the island,Possessions - Property. His place of residence.The chief man - Greek: the first man. Probably he was the governor of the island, read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:7

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