Acts 28:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. ”

• Acts 28:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And after three months - Probably they remained there so long because there was no favorable opportunity for them to go to Rome. If they arrived there, as is commonly supposed, in October, they l...

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• Acts 28:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (7) And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose (d) sign was Castor and Pollux. (7) Idols do not defile the saints, who do in no way give consen...

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• Acts 28:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Journey from Malta to Rome. Three months brings us to the middle of February, which is before the opening of navigation. They had doubtless seen the Dioscuri, Heavenly Twins, a ship like that in w...

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• Acts 28:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  ship of Alexandria . Another corn ship. wintered . Greek. paracheimazo. See Acts 27:12 . whose sign, &c . = with sign the Dioscuri. sign . Greek. parasemos. Only here. Literally signe...

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• Acts 28:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 11. In a ship of Alexandria. By these words, Luke giveth us to understand, that the former ship was either drowned, or else so rent and beaten, that it served for no use afterward; whereby...

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• Acts 28:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. After three months - Supposing that they had reached Malta about the end...

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• Acts 28:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whose sign was Castor and Pollux.— It was the custom of the ancients to have images on their ships, both at the head and stern; the first of which was called the sign from whence the ship was n...

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• Acts 28:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria (see the no...

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• Acts 28:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  St. Paul in Jerusalem (Chs 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested.

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• Acts 28:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  After three months. — The date may be approximately fixed. The Fast, falling on the 10th of Tisri, which has been calculated as falling in that year on September 24th, was passed, we are not told h...

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• Acts 28:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Still Seeking His Own Kinsmen Acts 28:11-20 Paul went toward Rome, as we have seen, under very different circumstances from those that he originally anticipated; but, after all, they gave him t...

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• Acts 28:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 28:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. (12) And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. (13) And from...

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• Acts 28:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And after three months we departed ,.... From Melita; here they stayed the three winter months, which were unseasonable for navigation; but now the spring coming on, and the weather agreeable, they...

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• Acts 28:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. Ver. 11. Whose sign was Castor and Pollux ] Seamen say that if these...

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• Acts 28:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And after three months The three winter months, which time Paul doubtless improved, as a true labourer in the Lord's vineyard. We departed in a ship of Alexandria, whose sign was Castor and Pollux...

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• Acts 28:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Acts 28:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul at Rome.       11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor...

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• Acts 28:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  These three months that St. Paul staid at Malta, he spent like a true labourer in the Lord's vineyard, planting a church that was famous for its stedfastness in the truth. Had wintered in the isle...

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• Acts 28:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was ‘The Sons of Zeus' (The Twin Brothers). And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there t...

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• Acts 28:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 28:11 . After three months .—The departure from Malta took place in the following spring, probably towards the end of January—and once more in an Alexandrian ship (compare...

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• Acts 28:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Acts 28:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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,...

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• Acts 28:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Acts 28:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 28:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  and after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

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• Acts 28:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 8:4 ; Acts 27:6 ; Acts 6:9 ; Isaiah 45:20 ; Jonah 1:16 ; Jonah 1:5

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• Acts 28:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Whose sign was — It was the custom of the ancients to have images on the head of their ships, from which they took their names. Castor and Pollux — Two heathen gods who were thought favourable to m...

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