Hechos 28:8-10 RVA

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

What a great variety of places and circumstances do we find Paul in! He was a planet, and not a fixed star. Here we have him in an island to which, in all probability, he had never come if he had not been thrown upon it by a storm; and yet it seems God has work for him to do here. Even stormy winds fulfil God's counsel, and an ill wind indeed it is that blows nobody any good; this ill wind blew good to the island of Melita; for it gave them Paul's company for three months, who was a blessing... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 28:7-10

28:7-10 In the neighbourhood of that place there were estates which belonged to the Chief of the island, who was called Publius. He welcomed us and hospitably entertained us for three days. It so happened that Publius' father was lying ill, in the grip of intermittent attacks of fever and of dysentery. Paul went to visit him. He prayed and laid his hands on him and cured him. When this happened,. the rest of the people in the island who had ailments kept coming and being cured. So they heaped... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:8

And it came to pass that the father of Publius ,.... So that Publius was not an old man, though of so much dignity and wealth: the Arabic version, contrary to all copies, and other versions, reads, "the son of Publius": lay sick of a fever ; or fevers, of different sorts, a complication of them, which sometimes is the case; unless this was an intermitting fever, and the several fits of it are intended; or rather the plural number is put for the singular, to denote the vehemence of it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:9

So when this was done ,.... This miracle was wrought, and the fame of it spread over the island: others also which had diseases in the island came : from all parts of it, to the apostle: and were healed ; of whatsoever diseases they were afflicted with. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:10

Who also honoured us with many honours ,.... Not with divine honours, with religious adorations, as if they had been so many deities; for these they would not have received, nor have recorded them, to the commendation of the inhabitants; but civil honours, expressions of respect and gratitude; and particularly gifts and presents, large and valuable, in which sense the phrase is used by Jewish writers; so upon those words in Judges 13:17 . "What is thy name, that when the sayings come to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:8

The father of Publius lay sick - Πυρετοις και δυσεντεριᾳ ; Of a fever and dysentery; perhaps a cholera morbus . Paul - prayed - That God would exert his power; and laid his hands on him, as the means which God ordinarily used to convey the energy of the Holy Spirit, and healed him; God having conveyed the healing power by this means. In such a disorder as that mentioned here by St. Luke, where the bowels were in a state of inflammation, and a general fever aiding the dysentery in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:9

Others - which had diseases - Luke was a physician; yet we do not find him engaging in these cures. As a medical man, he might have been of use to the father of Publius; but he is not even consulted on the occasion. Paul enters in to him, prays for him, lays his hands on him, and he is healed. The other diseased persons who are mentioned in this verse were doubtless healed in the same way. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:10

Honoured us with many honors - The word τιμη , as Bishop Pearce has remarked, is often used to signify a pecuniary recompense, or present. The Greek word seems to be thus used in 1 Timothy 5:17 . Let the elders which rule well be accounted worthy of double Honor, τιμης , which St. Chrysostom, on the place, explains thus: την των αναγκαιων χορηγιαν· a supplying them with all necessary things. Diodorus Siculus, and Xenophon, used the word in the same way. In the sense of a pecuniary... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:8

Verse 8− 8.And had laid his hands upon him Paul declareth by prayer that he himself is not the author of the miracle, but only the minister, lest God be defrauded of his glory. He confirmeth this self-same thing by the external sign. For, as we saw before, in other places, the laying on of hands was nothing else but a solemn rite of offering and presenting. Wherefore, in that Paul doth offer the man to God with his own hands, he professed that he did humbly crave his life of him. By which... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 28:7-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:1-10

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