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Acts 28:1 KJV
Acts · chapter 28 · verse 1
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.Acts 28:1 · King James Version
Acts 28:1 in context
1And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- escapeddiasōzōto preserve through danger, to bring safely through, to saveG1295 →
- islandnēsosan islandG3520 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- knewepiginōskōto become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly, to know accurately, know well…G1921 →
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What a great variety of places and circumstances do we find Paul in! He was a planet, and not a fixed star. Here we have him in an island to which, in all probability, he had never come if he had not been thrown upon it by a storm; and yet it seems God has work for him to do here.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10