Acts 28:1

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They knew - Either from their former acquaintance with the island, or from the information of the inhabitants. Was called Melita - Now called...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called (a) Melita. (a) That place which we today call Malta.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Inhabitants of Malta. The inhabitants of Malta were of Phoenician extraction; they are called barbarians in Acts 28:2 , as they spoke another...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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". k...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 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 fi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Escaped,— That is, Got safe to land. There were two islands called Melita; this was that which lay between Africa and Sicily, being about twelv...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul in Jerusalem (Chs 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested.
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 sup...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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, an...
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 convi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 he...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. (2) And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
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 mean...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 vi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ,...
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:...
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 wa...
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...
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,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 27:26 ; Acts 27:44
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 na...

¹ And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

Related Commentaries of Acts 28:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 28:1