“ And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. ”
They knew - Either from their former acquaintance with the island, or from the information of the inhabitants. Was called Melita - Now called “Malta.” It was celebrated formerly for producing...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called (a) Melita. (a) That place which we today call Malta.
The Inhabitants of Malta. The inhabitants of Malta were of Phoenician extraction; they are called barbarians in Acts 28:2 , as they spoke another language than Greek; inscriptions in two languages...
when they were . having. escaped . Greek. diasozo. Same as in Acts 27:43 ; Acts 27:44 . See Matthew 14:36 . they . The texts read "we". knew . Greek. epiginosko App-132. island . Gree...
− 1. That doleful spectacle is described in the beginning of the chapter, when so many men being wet, and also all berayed with the foam and filth of the sea, and stiff with cold, did with much...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. They knew that the island was called Melita - There were two islands of this name: one in the Adriatic Gulf, or Gulf of V...
Escaped,— That is, Got safe to land. There were two islands called Melita; this was that which lay between Africa and Sicily, being about twelve miles broad and twenty long, and sixty distant f...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And when they were escaped, then they knew - `then we knew' is evidently the true reading [epegnoomen ( G192...
St. Paul in Jerusalem (Chs 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested.
XXVIII. (1) Then they knew that the island was called Melita. — There is no ground for questioning the current belief that this was the modern Malta, It was the only island known as Melita b...
Kindness Richly Repaid Acts 28:1-10 It is pleasant to read of the kindness of these Maltese. In humanity everywhere there are kindly traits, and often there will be ready help for the really de...
On land new perils threatened. While gathering sticks for a fire, a viper fastened on the apostle's hand. Shaking it off, he was unharmed. This convinced those who watched that he was divine, and the...
CONTENTS The Lord disposeth the Hearts of a barbarous People, on whose Ground Paul and the Ship's Company were cast, to receive them kindly. Paul healeth the Sick in the Island. They at length depar...
And when they were escaped ,.... From the danger they were exposed to by shipwreck, and were got safe to land; this is omitted in the Syriac version: then they knew that the island was called Meli...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. Ver. 1. And when they were escaped ] Some of them escaped perhaps as narrowly as did Sir Thomas Challoner, who when h...
When they were escaped, they knew From some of the inhabitants who came to them; that the island On which they were cast; was called Melita Or, Malta. This island, which took its name from the...
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 culture...
Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. 2 And the barbarous p...
ACTS CHAPTER 28 Acts 28:1,2 Paul and his company, after their shipwreck, are kindly entertained by the barbarians of Melita. Acts 28:3-6 A viper fastening on his hand without hurting him, the...
‘And when we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.' Once ashore having escaped the sea they learned that the island on which they had landed was Malta. Malta, also called Meli...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 28:1 . The best authorities read, “And when we were escaped, then we knew”—lit., And having been saved, then we knew , or learned (by intercourse with the inhabitants)...
Acts 28:1-3 . And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one...
Acts 28:1 . Melita, now Malta. This island seems to have been inhabited by runaways, for melim, in the language of Carthage, is to escape. It was inhabited by a colony of refugees from Carthage,...
And when they were escaped then they knew. Tomorrow, a revealer A great many things are clearer today than they were last night. Tomorrow will clear up some of the mysteries of today. Weird sha...
EXPOSITION Acts 28:1 We for they, A.V. and T.R. (twice). Was called . It reads as if it was the answer to their question to the natives, "What is this island called?" Melita . That Meli...
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Acts 27:26 ; Acts 27:44
Melita or Malta, is about twelve miles broad, twenty long, and sixty distant from Sicily to the south. It yields abundance of honey, (whence its name was taken,) with much cotton, and is very fruit...