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Text -- Acts 28:1-31 (NET)

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Paul on Malta
28:1 After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta. 28:2 The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold. 28:3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. 28:4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!” 28:5 However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. 28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. 28:7 Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days. 28:8 The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him. 28:9 After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed. 28:10 They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.
Paul Finally Reaches Rome
28:11 After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the “Heavenly Twins” as its figurehead. 28:12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. 28:13 From there we cast off and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli. 28:14 There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome. 28:15 The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage. 28:16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome
28:17 After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans. 28:18 When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me. 28:19 But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people. 28:20 So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.” 28:21 They replied, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you. 28:22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.” 28:23 They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets. 28:24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe. 28:25 So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah 28:26 when he said, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, looking, but will never perceive. 28:27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’ 28:28 “Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!” 28:29 [[EMPTY]] 28:30 Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him, 28:31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Alexandria an inhabitant of Alexandria
 · Appius, Forum of a town 65 kilometers south of Rome on the Appian Way
 · Caesar a title held by Roman emperors
 · Gentile a non-Jewish person
 · Isaiah a son of Amoz; a prophet active in Judah from about 740 to 701 B.C.,son of Amoz; a major prophet in the time of Hezekiah
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Jews the people descended from Israel
 · Judea a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
 · Malta an island 50 miles southwest of Sicily
 · Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law
 · Publius a man who was the highest official on Malta when Paul visited there
 · Puteoli a town on the SW coast of Italy, in the northern part of the Bay of Naples
 · Rhegium a town on the southwestern tip of Italy
 · Roman any person or thing associated with Rome, particularly a person who was a citizen of Rome.
 · Rome the capital city of Italy
 · Syracuse a town on the east coast of the island of Sicily
 · Three Taverns a town which was apparently often used by travellers as a rest stop on the Appian Way
 · Twin Brothers the two "sons of Zeus", pagan gods said to be the guardian deities of sailors (NIV note).


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Melita | Luke | Paul | Ships | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 | Prisoners | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE | PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 | Minister | ROME | Puteoli | Zeal | Barbarian | Publius | Serpent | ISLAND; ISLE | Call | Rhegium | Jesus, The Christ | Syracuse | more
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NET Notes: Act 28:1 For location see JP4 A3.

NET Notes: Act 28:2 Or “because it was about to rain.” BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 4 states, “διὰ &#...

NET Notes: Act 28:3 Or “sticks.”

NET Notes: Act 28:4 The entire scene is played out initially as a kind of oracle from the gods resulting in the judgment of a guilty person (Justice herself has not allow...

NET Notes: Act 28:5 Grk “shaking the creature off…he suffered no harm.” The participle ἀποτινάξας (ap...

NET Notes: Act 28:6 And said he was a god. The reaction is like Acts 14:11-19 where the crowd wanted to make Paul and Barnabas into gods. The providence of God had protec...

NET Notes: Act 28:7 That is, the chief Roman official. Several inscriptions have confirmed the use of πρῶτος (prwtos) as an administrative ...

NET Notes: Act 28:8 And healed him. Here are healings like Luke 9:40; 10:30; 13:13; Acts 16:23.

NET Notes: Act 28:9 Many…also came and were healed. Again, here is irony. Paul, though imprisoned, “frees” others of their diseases.

NET Notes: Act 28:10 They gave us all the supplies we needed. What they had lost in the storm and shipwreck was now replaced. Luke describes these pagans very positively.

NET Notes: Act 28:11 Or “as its emblem.”

NET Notes: Act 28:12 Syracuse was a city on the eastern coast of the island of Sicily. It was 75 mi (120 km) from Malta.

NET Notes: Act 28:13 Puteoli was a city on the western coast of Italy south of Rome. It was in the Bay of Naples some 220 mi (350 km) to the north of Rhegium. Here the voy...

NET Notes: Act 28:14 For location see JP4 A1.

NET Notes: Act 28:15 Grk “whom, when he saw [them], Paul.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”...

NET Notes: Act 28:16 Allowed to live by himself. Paul continued to have a generous prison arrangement (cf. Acts 27:3).

NET Notes: Act 28:17 Grk “into the hands of the Romans,” but this is redundant when παρεδόθην (paredoqhn) has been...

NET Notes: Act 28:18 Grk “no basis for death,” but in this context a sentence of death is clearly indicated.

NET Notes: Act 28:19 Or “my own nation.”

NET Notes: Act 28:20 The hope of Israel. A reference to Israel’s messianic hope. Paul’s preaching was in continuity with this Jewish hope (Acts 1:3; 8:12; 14:2...

NET Notes: Act 28:21 Or “arrived”; Grk “come” (“from there” is implied). Grk “coming.” The participle παρ ...

NET Notes: Act 28:22 On the term translated “speak against,” see BDAG 89 s.v. ἀντιλέγω 1.

NET Notes: Act 28:23 Or “persuade.”

NET Notes: Act 28:24 Some were convinced…but others refused to believe. Once again the gospel caused division among Jews, as in earlier chapters of Acts (13:46; 18:6...

NET Notes: Act 28:25 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

NET Notes: Act 28:26 Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).

NET Notes: Act 28:27 A quotation from Isa 6:9-10.

NET Notes: Act 28:28 Grk “they also.”

NET Notes: Act 28:29 Some later mss include 28:29: “When he had said these things, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.” Verse 29 is lac...

NET Notes: Act 28:30 Or “and received.”

NET Notes: Act 28:31 Proclaiming…with complete boldness and without restriction. Once again Paul’s imprisonment is on benevolent terms. The word of God is proc...

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