Acts 28:13

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We fetched a compass - We coasted about; or we sailed along the eastern side of Sicily. And came to Rhegium - This was a city of Italy, in th...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fetched. compass . having tacked about. Greek. perierchomai. See Acts 19:13 . Figure of speech Idioma. App-6. and came . arrived. Greek. kat...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: We fetched a c...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And from thence we fetched a compass,— From thence we coasted round, and came over against Rhegium, a city and promontory in the southernmost par...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: And from...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fetched a compass ] i.e. made a circuit. Rhegium ] an ancient Gk. colony situated on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, near the dreaded r...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From thence we fetched a compass. — The phrase, now somewhat obsolete, was formerly in common use for a circuitous route by land or sea from one po...
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 origi...
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

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 Syr...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And from thence we fetched a compass ,.... About the isle of Sicily, from Syracuse to Pachinus, the promontory of the island: and came to Rhegium...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: Ver. 13. C...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

From thence we fetched a compass Coasted round the eastern shore of Sicily; and came to Rhegium A town on the Italian shore, opposite to Messina...
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 at Rome. 11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, whic...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Rhegium; a city in the kingdom of Naples, over against Messina in Sicily; so called because that Sicily was believed to be thereabouts rent and plu...
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 Broth...
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 Janu...
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 Biblical Illustrator

In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius. Publius Here is-- I. An obscure man made famou...
The Biblical Illustrator

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria. The journey to Rome 1. After a delay of three months-- i.e. , when winter was past...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

From Melita to Rome:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and from thence we fetched a compass and came to Rhegium; and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli;

¹³ And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:

Related Commentaries of Acts 28:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 28:13