E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 28:5
And he = He then indeed. shook off . Greek. apotinasso . Only here, and Luke 9:5 . felt = suffered. no = nothing. Greek. oudeis. harm = evil. Greek. kakos. App-128 . read more
And he = He then indeed. shook off . Greek. apotinasso . Only here, and Luke 9:5 . felt = suffered. no = nothing. Greek. oudeis. harm = evil. Greek. kakos. App-128 . read more
Howbeit = But. looked = were expecting, or watching in expectation. Greek. prosdokao. App-133 . when = that. should have = was about to. swollen = swell. Greek. pimpremi Only here. fallen down . See Acts 26:1 Acts 26:4 . dead = a corpse. Greek. nekros. App-139 . suddenly . See Acts 2:2 . a great while = for (Greek. epi . App-104 .) much (time). saw . Greek. theoreo. App-133 . no = nothing. Greek. medeis. harm = amiss. Greek. atopos. Only here, Luke 23:41 . 2 Thessalonians 3:2... read more
In, &c . = Now in (Greek. en) the parts about (Greek. peri . App-104 .) that place. were . Greek. huparcho . See Luke 9:48 . possessions = lands. Greek. chorion. See Matthew 26:36 . chief man = first. Greek. protos. This title has been found on an inscription. whose name was = by name. received . Greek. anadechomai. Only here and Hebrews 11:17 . lodged . Greek. xenizo. See Acts 10:6 ; Acts 21:16 . courteously . Greek. philophronos. Only here. Compare Acts 27:3 , and 1 Peter... read more
sick of = taken with. Greek. sunecho. See Luke 4:38 . a fever = fevers. Greek. puretos. Elsewhere Matthew 8:15 .Mark 1:31 .Luke 4:38 , Luke 4:39 . John 4:52 . Always in singular. But found in plural in medical works. Perhaps to convey the idea of severity which is expressed by "great" in Luke 4:38 . or of their recurrence bloody flux. Greek. duaenteria. Hence Engl, dysentery. Only here prayed . Greek. proseuchomai. App-134 . healed . Greek. iaomai. See Luke 6:17 . read more
So = But. others = the rest. App-124 . diseases . Greek. astheneia. See Matthew 8:17 . John 11:4 . healed . Greek. therapeuo. See Luke 6:18 and App-137 . read more
also honoured, &c . = honoured us with many honours also. departed = sailed. Greek. anago. See "loosed" (Acts 13:13 ). laded us with = laid on us. such things, &c . = the things for (Greek. pros. App-104 .) the need (Greek. chreia). The texts read "needs". Compare Philippians 1:4 , Philippians 1:16 . read more
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 signed or marked. Castor and Pollux. Greek. Dioskouroi. Literally sons of Zeus. These twin sons of Zeus and Leda were deified and their names given to the bright stars in the constellation Gemini. They were regarded as the patron deities of sailors. The "sign" was carried on the prow of the vessel, after the... read more
landing . Greek. katago. See Acts 21:3 . Syracuse . An important town in Sicily (S. E.), still bearing the same name. tarried . Greek. epimeno. See Acts 10:48 . read more
fetched a compass = having tacked about. Greek. perierchomai. See Acts 19:13 . Figure of speech Idioma. App-6 . and came = arrived. Greek. katantao. See Acts 16:1 . Rhegium . Now Reggio, on the Straits of Messina. the south wind blew, and = a south wind having sprung up. Greek. epiginomai. Only here. the next day = the second day. Greek. deuteraios. Only here. Puteoli . On the Bay of Naples. It was here Josephus and his shipwrecked companions were landed. Now Pozzuoli. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 28:4
saw . Greek. eidon. App-133 . beast . Greek. therion. See Acts 11:6 . hang = hanging. on = from. Greek. ek . App-104 . among themselves = to (Greek. pros. App-104 .) one another. man . Greek. anthropos. App-123 . though he hath . Literally having. the sea = out of (Greek. ek) the sea. yet . Omit. vengeance . Greek. he dike . App-177 . The Greeks personified Justice, vengeance, and other ideas; as we do when we speak of Nemesis. read more