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

“ Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. ”

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

The salvation of God - The knowledge of God’s mode of saving people. Is sent unto the Gentiles - Since you have rejected it, it will be offered to them. See the notes on Acts 13:46 . And...
Acts 28:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it. (15) The unbelief of the reprobate and castaways cannot cause the truth of God...
Acts 28:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews are Hardened. It was a numerous meeting; we can scarcely understand the words to mean that more came the second time than the first. The kingdom of God is a wide phrase for the Christian d...
Acts 28:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

unto . to. Salvation . Greek. soterion . Elsewhere, Luke 2:30 (which see); Acts 3:6 ; Ephesians 6:17 . The more usual soteria occ Acts 13:26 , &c. is sent . was sent. Greek. apostel...
Acts 28:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 28. Therefore be it. Lest the Jews may afterward accuse him of revolting, because he forsaketh the holy stock of Abraham, and goeth to the profane Gentiles; he denounceth that which the pr...
Acts 28:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1818 THE GOSPEL SENT TO THE GENTILES Acts 28:28 . Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it . WHEN we consider h...
Acts 28:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. The salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles - St. Paul had spoken to this effect...
Acts 28:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentil...
Acts 28:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul a Prisoner at Rome 1. 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 co...
Acts 28:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God... — The better MSS. give “this salvation,” the demonstrative adjective having the same force as in “the words of this life,” in Acts...
Acts 28:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Preaching in the World's Capital Acts 28:21-31 It was one of the earliest cares of Paul to summon the leading members of the Jewish community, that he might explain to them his position. He mad...
Acts 28:28 - 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...
Acts 28:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,...
Acts 28:28 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES ‘Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will bear it.’ Acts 28:28 The Jews had exhausted St. Paul’s pa...
Acts 28:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be it known therefore unto you ,.... Unbelievers and despisers, take this along with you at parting, and do not say you were never acquainted with it: that the salvation of God is sent unto the Ge...
Acts 28:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. Ver. 28. That the salvation of God ] i.e. The gospel, that "grace of God that...
Acts 28:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be it known, therefore , &c. Having reproved the unbelieving and disobedient among his hearers, he assured them that the salvation of God, which they despised and seemed to fortify themselves ag...
Acts 28:28 - 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...
Acts 28:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul at Rome. 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testifi...
Acts 28:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The salvation of God; so the gospel is called; because: 1. The finding of it out. 2. The preparing of it by sending his Son. 3. The revealing of it, and; 4. Its efficacy, is only of God. I...
Acts 28:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Be it known therefore to you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles. They will also hear.” Meanwhile let them know, (and he wanted to provoke them to jealousy by this - Romans 11:11 )...
Acts 28:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 28:23 . Into his lodging .—Probably the “hired dwelling,” μίσθωμα, of Acts 28:30 , though some (Heschyius, Hackett) consider the term ξενία points to a private house—per...
Acts 28:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

salvation ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
Acts 28:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 28:28 The Churches Warned. Note in what points, if in any, we may claim affinity with these representatives of Judaism at the eventful epoch of its dying struggle with the infant Church. I....
Acts 28:28 - 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...
Acts 28:28 - 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,...
Acts 28:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard. Rome as seen by Paul Within a circuit of little more than twelve miles more than two millions of inh...
Acts 28:28 - 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...
Acts 28:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A word from Isaiah applied:
Acts 28:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:18 ; Acts 13:38 ; Acts 13:46 ; Acts 13:47 ; Acts 14:27 ; Acts 15:14 ; Acts 15:17 ; Acts 18:6 ; Acts 2:14 ; Acts 22:21 ; Acts 26:17 ; Acts 26:18 ; Acts 4:10 ; Ezekiel 36:32 ; Is...
Acts 28:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles — Namely, from this time. Before this no apostle had been at Rome. St. Paul was the first.

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

Acts 28:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Acts 28:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Acts 28:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

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

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

Acts 28:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

Acts 28:28 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

Acts 28:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 28:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 28:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 28:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

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

Acts 28:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 28:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Acts 28:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 28:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes