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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 28:7

In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island ,.... Or "the first man of the island"; so the governor of Melita used to be called, as appears by an inscription mentioned by Bochart, wherein a Roman knight is called πρωτος μελιταιων , "the first of the Melitians"; for this island was under the Roman government, and the very name of this chief man shows it: it was first in the hands of the Africans, when Dido built Carthage, which was eight or nine hundred years before... 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 28:7

The chief man of the island - The term πρωτος , Chief, used hereby St. Luke, was the ancient title of the governor of this island, as is evident from an inscription found in Malta, which runs thus: - Λ. Κ. υἱος, κυρ. ἱππευς. ῥωμ. πρωτος Μελιταιων· Lucius Caius, son of Quirinus, a Roman knight, Chief of the Melitese. See Bochart, Phaleg. and Chan. vol. i. chap. 498, etc., and Grotius. This title is another proof of the accuracy of St. Luke, who uses the very epithet by which the... 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

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 28:7

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 28:7

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

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