Acts 28:1-16 BSB

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:11-15

Refreshment. What a weary time had Paul's three last years of life been! Incessant fightings with his hard-hearted, virulent countrymen; a pitiless storm of hatred and persecution and false accusation raging incessantly against him; trial succeeding trial, yet bringing no respite from injustice; weary prison hours, while the active spirit was bound by the chain which kept him prisoner at Caesarea; and then the furious tempest, and the labors and anxieties of that terrific voyage, and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:11-15

The passage from Malta to Rome. I. BLESSINGS BY THE WAY . Christian fellowship is enjoyed. Unity and relationship in Jesus Christ make the unknown as known. The heart dissolves distance and strangeness. God has everywhere hidden children. The discovery of them is the discovery of a dear bond of brotherhood, and this fills the heart with joy (comp. Romans 1:12 ). The coming forth of the brethren from Rome to meet the party showed that his letter to them had not been without... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:12

Touching for landing, A.V. Touching ( καταχθέντες ); Acts 21:3 ; Acts 27:3 , note. The way in which Syracuse is hero mentioned is another redundant proof that Melita is Malta. "Syracause is about eighty miles, a days' sail, from Malta" (Afford). Tarried there three days . Perhaps wind- bound, or possibly having to land part of their cargo there. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:13

Made a circuit for fetched a compass, A.V.; arrived at for came to, A.V. ; a south for the south, A.V.; sprang up for blew, A.V.; on the second day we came for we came the next day, A.V. We made a circuit ; περιελθόντες . St. Luke only uses this word in one other passage, Acts 19:13 ," The strolling [or, 'vagabond'] Jews;" and it has the same sense of "wandering" in the only other passages where it occurs in the New Testament ( 1 Timothy 5:13 ; Hebrews 11:37 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:14

Intreated for desired, A.V.; came to for went toward, A.V. Brethren . It is very interesting to find the gospel already planted in Italy. The circumstances of Purcell as the great emporium of African wheat made it a likely place for Christianity to reach, whether from Rome or from Alexandria (see Acts 18:24 ). Luke calls them ἀδελφοί , not χριστιανοί ( Acts 11:26 ). Perhaps the name of Christian was still rather the name given by those without, and that of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:14

A week with brethren. It cannot be that this one verse was written for nothing. Like a waif and stray on the wide waters of Scripture, to the careless eye, it is anything but really such. We may notice touching the events the verse records— I. THEIR PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE ON THIS OCCASION . 1. They included the heightening pleasure of a very agreeable surprise. 2. They speak the affection of a hearty invitation. Invitations are often as superficial and insincere... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

The brethren, when, etc., came for when the brethren, etc., they came, A.V.; The Market of Appius for Appii forum, A.V. The brethren, when they heard of us . During the seven days' stay at Putcoli, the news of the arrival of the illustrious confessors reached the Church at Rome. The writer of that wonderful Epistle which they had received some three years before, and in which he had expressed his earnest desire to visit them, and his hope that he should come to them in the fullness... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

Human kindness. A striking and touching instance is this of valuable human kindness. It is a positive relief to our minds to think that the faithful veteran soldier of Jesus Christ, bearing in his body such marks of lifelong conflict, worn with toil and care and suffering, having escaped from one kind of affliction and on his way to another, met with such considerate kindness as greatly comforted and cheered him. The text may remind us— I. THAT HUMAN KINDNESS IS A DIVINELY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

The break in the clouds. "He thanked God, and took courage? Review of the apostolic history. The word of God fulfilled. The varied emotions of the ambassador's heart, personal in view of his work, in anticipation of the results of the future in Rome. The gospel at the gates of the empire. Spiritual power before worldly power. I. THE STUDY OF PROVIDENCE a help to the development of Christian character and life. 1. It promotes thankfulness. 2. It confirms faith. 3. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

Gratitude and courage well linked together. Paul speaks elsewhere of the severity in some sort, at all events of the stress, laid upon his spiritual sympathies at times ( 2 Corinthians 11:28-30 ). We can well understand that any severity, any pain, felt from the claim set up by such sympathies lay not in the act of sympathizing, but in the consideration of the state of things, the sins, the errors, the inconsistencies in "all the Churches," or in the members of them that called for... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:11-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:11-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:15

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