Acts 28:1

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:1

They knew - Either from their former acquaintance with the island, or from the information of the inhabitants.Was called Melita - Now called “Malta.” It was celebrated formerly for producing large quantities of honey, and is supposed to have been called Melita from the Greek word signifying honey. It is about 20 miles in length from east to west, and 12 miles in width from north to south, and about 60 miles in circumference. It is about 60 miles from the coast of Sicily. The island is an... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 28:1

Acts 28:1. When they were escaped, they knew From some of the inhabitants who came to them; that the island On which they were cast; was called Melita Or, Malta. This island, which took its name from the abundance of honey found therein, ( meli, in Greek, signifying honey,) lies between Africa and Sicily, about sixty miles distant from the latter country, and is about twelve miles broad, and twenty long. It consists of a chalky rock, having not more than between one and three feet... 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 28:1

when they were = having. escaped . Greek. diasozo. Same as in Acts 27:43 , Acts 27:44 . See Matthew 14:36 . they . The texts read "we". knew . Greek. epiginosko App-132 . island . Greek. nesos. See Acts 27:26 . Melita = Malta It was in the jurisdiction of the Praetor of Sicily St. Paul's Bay, the traditional scene of the shipwreck, fulfils all the conditions. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 28:1

The shipwrecked passengers and crew were all saved alive, fulfilling Paul's prophecy made at a moment when all hope had perished. The population of Malta aided in the rescue, building a fire and "receiving" them kindly. Paul was snakebitten (Acts 28:1-6).Hospitality was extended to the victims of shipwreck by the first man of the island; and Paul wrought many cures of the sick and suffering of Malta (Acts 28:7-10).The voyage to Rome was continued after three months, ending very shortly at... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:1

Acts 28:1. Escaped,— That is, Got safe to land. There were two islands called Melita; this was that which lay between Africa and Sicily, being about twelve miles broad and twenty long, and sixty distant from Sicily to the south. It took its name from the abundance of honey found therein,—for meli in Greek signifies honey. It also yields a great deal of cotton; and though the soil is but three feet deep above the rock, it is very fruitful. It is now called Malta; and the place where St. Paul and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:1

1. knew the island was called Melita—(See on Acts 28:2). The opinion that this island was not Malta to the south of Sicily, but Meleda in the Gulf of Venice—which till lately had respectable support among Competent judges—is now all but exploded; examination of all the places on the spot, and of all writings and principles bearing on the question, by gentlemen of the highest qualification, particularly SMITH (see on Acts 28:2), having set the question, it may now be affirmed, at rest. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:1-2

Malta, also called Melita (meaning refuge, which it proved to be for Paul and his companions), lies about 60 miles south of the island of Sicily. It is about 18 miles long and 8 miles wide. It is also about 500 miles west of Crete and 180 miles northwest of Africa. People of Phoenician origin inhabited it in Paul’s day. Luke called them "barbarians" (Gr. barbaroi) meaning people whose culture was not Greek. These people were not savages or uncultured, however, as is clear from their hospitable... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:1-6

Paul’s preservation on Malta 28:1-6 read more

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