Atos 28:4-6 NVT

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:6

Verse 6− 6.Changing their minds, they said. This so wonderful and sudden a change ought to have inwardly touched the men of Melita, and to have moved them to give the glory to the mercy of God, as they did before to vengeance. But as man’s reason is always carried amiss unto extremities, they make Paul at a sudden a god, whom they took before to be a wicked murderer. But if he could not choose but be the one, it had been better for him to be counted a murderer than a god. And surely Paul would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-6

The instability of ignorance, and the stability of the true Christian. The whole circumstance an apt illustration of the spiritual forces working in the midst of the natural. The shipwrecked company. Paul active in helping. The barbarians better than those who abused Divine blessings like the Jews, who violated Divine order like the Romans; but, though actuated by kindness, easily led away by superstition and ignorant prejudice. I. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF NATURAL INSTINCTS . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-6

A strong family likeness. This short episode is, in its proportion, as refreshing to the reader as to those who played the actual part in it. It is the oasis of narrative. It reads like a brief parable of the human heart. Or we may be impressed by it, as by some portrait, which presents to our view features with which we seem to be very familiar, and half hiding, half revealing a likeness to some one well known. They are the features that "half conceal and half reveal" the likeness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 28:4

Beast for venomous beast, A.V.; hanging from for hang on, A.V.; one to another for among themselves, A.V.; escaped from for escaped, A.V.; justice for vengeance, A.V. ; hath not suffered for suffereth not, A.V. The beast ( τὸ θηρίον ). It is peculiar to medical writers to use θηρίον as synonymous with ἔχιδνα , a viper. So also θηριόδηκτος , bit by a viper, θηριακή , an antidote to the bite of a viper (Dioscorides, Galen, etc.). Justice ( ἥ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:4

The superstitions of ignorance. "The natives of Melita, seeing what they did, and ignorant of this prisoner's crime, and with their rough notions of the Divine government of the world, rushed to the conclusion that they were looking on an example of God's vengeance against murder. It was in vain that such a criminal had escaped the waves; a more terrible death was waiting for him." These men misinterpreted natural law into vengeance; yet there is a proneness in man to judge so. We expect... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:5

Howbeit for and, A.V.; look for felt, A.V. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:5

Christ's promise precisely fulfilled. In sending forth his disciples on their first trial mission, our Lord had given them this distinct assurance ( Luke 10:19 ), "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." And when about to pass away from them in a surprising and glorious manner, our Lord commanded them to "go and preach his gospel to every creature," assuring them that these signs... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-6

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 28:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:5

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