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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:16-31

5. Ministry in Rome 28:16-31Luke’s purpose in recording Paul’s ministry in Rome included vindicating God’s promises to Paul that he would bear witness there (Acts 23:11; Acts 27:24). Even though a church already existed there, Paul’s ministry in Rome was significant in Luke’s purpose because he was the apostle to the Gentiles. The apostle to the Gentiles was now able to minister in the heart of the Gentile world."Gentiles saw Rome as the center of the earth." [Note: Ibid., p. 726.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:21-31

D. The extension of the church to Rome 19:21-28:31"The panel is introduced by the programmatic statement of Acts 19:21-22 and concludes with the summary statement of Acts 28:31. Three features immediately strike the reader in this sixth panel: (1) the disproportionate length of the panel, including one-third of the total material of Acts; (2) the prominence given the speeches of Paul in his defense; and (3) the dominance of the ’we’ sections in the narrative portions (cf. Acts 20:5-15; Acts... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:23-29

Paul’s second conference with the Jewish leaders 28:23-29 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:24-27

Luke recorded for the third and last time what had become the Jews’ characteristic response to hearing the gospel (Acts 28:24; Acts 13:46; Acts 18:6; cf. Romans 11:7-10). Paul’s parting word was a quotation from Isaiah 6:9-10 in which God told the prophet that his Jewish hearers would not believe God’s message through him (cf. Matthew 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40-41). Paul saw that this word to Isaiah was as applicable in his own day as it had been in Isaiah’s. He also regarded it... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-31

St. Paul a Prisoner at Rome1. 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 correctly locates the shipwreck in St. Paul’s Bay, about 8 m. NW. of Valetta. 2. The barbarous people] RV ’the barbarians.’ The Gk. word does not imply that they were uncivilised, but only that they were neither Greeks nor Romans.3. Cp. Mark 16:18. As St. Paul was arranging the faggot on the fire, the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:16-31

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 camp was on the Coelian hill: see on Acts 27:1. To dwell by himself] This exceptional treatment was due to the favourable report of Festus and the goodwill of the centurion.17. Called the chief of the Jews together] or, ’called together the Jewish community first,’ in accordance with his usual plan of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 28:1-31

Quality of Service Acts 28:2 'No little kindness.' The Revised Version gives us another word, perhaps a richer: 'No common kindness' but a kindness to be remembered, specialising itself in our memory; we can never forget the attentiveness and civility of these barbarous people; truly to the end of the chapter we shall think of all their courtesy as no common kindness. This was not an everyday affair, but wholly special, finely and highly marked by Christian courtesy, as we should say; the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 28:1-31

CHAPTER 28 1. In the Island of Melita (Acts 28:1-10 ). 2. The arrival in Rome (Acts 28:11-16 ). 3. Paul calling the chief of the Jews and his message (Acts 28:17-29 ). Melita, which means “honey,” is the island of Malta. It was even then a prominent place for navigation where many vessels wintered. Luke calls the inhabitants Barbarians, a term used by the Greeks for all peoples who did not use their language. The wrecked company was not plundered by the people of the island, but instead... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 28:27

28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they {h} closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.(h) They made as though they did not see that which they saw against their desires: yea, they did see, but they would not see. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-31

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 classes: there is nothing derogatory in the term. In fact they proved themselves most hospitable and kind, kindling a large fire to warm the shivering crowd. Paul, not averse to laboring with his hands, gathered sticks also to supply the fire. When a poisonous viper, springing out of the heat,... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:16-31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:21-31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:23-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:24-27

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-31

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:16-31

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 28:1-31

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 28:1-31

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 28:27

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-31

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