When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    And when they were scaped then they knewe that the yle was called Milete.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And when they were come safe, then they knewe that the Yle was called Melita.

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to Acts 28:1 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Acts 27:26 But we must run aground on a certain island.”
  • Acts 27:44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
  • Acts 27:39 When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
  • Acts 16:10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

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Explain this verse (29 sources)

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 1. That doleful spectacle is described in the beginning…

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 filth of the sea, and stiff with cold, did with much ado crawl to the shore; for that was all one as if they had been cast up by the sea to die some other death. After that, Luke declareth that they were courteously entertained of the barbarians, that they kindled a fire that they might dry their clothes, and refresh their joints, which were stiff with cold, and at length that they were saved from the shower. Therefore, in that Paul commendeth these duties, he showeth his thankfulness; and so great liberality toward strangers is for good causes advanced, whereof there be rare examples in the world. And though common nature doth wring out of the barbarous Gentiles some affection of mercy in so great necessity; yet undoubtedly it was God which caused the men of Melita to handle these men so courteously, that his promise might be sure and certain, which might seem imperfect if the shipwreck had caused the loss of any man’s life.

A viper coming out of the heat. The very event did prove that Paul was a true and undoubted prophet of God. Now, that God may make him famous as well by land as by sea, he sealeth the former miracles with a new miracle; and so he ratifieth his apostleship among the men of Melita. And though there were not many which did profit thereby, yet the majesty of the gospel did shine even among the unbelievers; also this did greatly confirm the oracles to the mariners, which they had not sufficiently reverenced. Neither did the viper come out of the sticks by chance; but the Lord did direct her by his secret counsel to bite Paul, because he saw it would turn to the glory of his gospel.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is it which at this day we call…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The island; this was foretold by Paul, Act 27:26;…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain After a long and dangerous voyage, recorded in the…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain What a great variety of places and circumstances do…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Melita or Malta, is about twelve miles broad, twenty…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain St. Paul, and the rest of the crew, getting…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Act 28:1. When they were escaped, they knew —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They knew - Either from their former acquaintance with…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Melita, now called Malta, famous for being the residence…
John Nelson Darby 1862 · Public Domain Acts Chapter 28
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain B.—Experiences And Acts Of The Apostle At Malta
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain Paul on the Isle of Malta, Act_28:1-11.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain Act_28:1-10. The shipwrecked company hospitably entertained in Malta. Paul,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (1) Then they knew that the island was called…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain We for they, A.V. and T.R. (twice). Was called.…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And when they were escaped then they knew.
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 1–6. The island was called Melita. They had no…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain Act_28:1. The best authorities read, “And when we were…
William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 1. The island of Malta, as they told me…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain We have here:—
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain Act 28:1 - Act 28:16.
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain St. Paul a Prisoner at Rome
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain XXVIII: 1, 2. (1) “ And after they had…
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain 1. In the Island of Melita (Act 28:1-10).
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The Journey from Melita to Rome.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 28:1 Malta was a major island under Roman control,…

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