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John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-16

St. Paul in Jerusalem (Chs 21:17-28:16)17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested.18. James] The Lord's 'brother,' the acknowledged head of the Church of Jerusalem: cp. Acts 15:13, etc. 19. Particularly] i.e. in minute detail. 20. The Lord (i.e. Jesus)] RV 'God.'23, 24. The four men were Nazirites (see Numbers 6:0), and St. Paul was advised to pay for their sacrifices, and to associate himself with their Nazirite vow during the week that it had still to run (see Act 21:27). By thus... 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 28:8

(8) Lay sick of a fever and a bloody flux.—Literally, with fevers and dysentery, both words being used by St. Luke with professional precision. The plural, “fevers,” probably indicates the attacks of a recurrent fever, and its combination with dysentery would, according to Hippocrates, who also uses the plural form (Aph. vi. 3), make the case more than usually critical. The disease is said to be far from uncommon in Malta.Prayed, and laid his hands on him.—The union of the two acts reminds us... 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

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

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Acts 28:1-31

A PRISONER AT ROME The reader is urged to add to the interest of this lesson by the further use of the map. The sea journey is marked by different stages, from: Adramyttium to Myra (Acts 27:1-5 ), · Myra to the Fair Havens (Acts 27:6-8 ), · Fair havens to Melita or Malta (Acts 27:6 to Acts 28:1 ), · Melita to Syracuse (Acts 28:2-12 ), · Syracuse to Rhegium, Puteoli and Rome (Acts 28:13-15 ). The most interesting stage is the third, which covers the shipwreck. In all classic literature there... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Acts 28:7-15

Chapter 103 Prayer Almighty God, thy house is full of light. Thou hast called us to be children of the day and not of the night, and to walk as those who love the open day and the bright morning and the sunny place. We would answer that great call in the strength of thine own grace, for of ourselves we love the darkness, and we hide ourselves in vicious concealment; only by the power of thy grace can we come out into the full daylight, and walk as at midday in the sight of angels and of men.... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Acts 28:7-10

In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. (8) And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. (9) So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed: (10) Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed, they laded us... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-10

1-10 God can make strangers to be friends; friends in distress. Those who are despised for homely manners, are often more friendly than the more polished; and the conduct of heathens, or persons called barbarians, condemns many in civilized nations, professing to be Christians. The people thought that Paul was a murderer, and that the viper was sent by Divine justice, to be the avenger of blood. They knew that there is a God who governs the world, so that things do not come to pass by chance,... read more