Acts 28
1 Paul, after his shipwreck, is kindly entertained of the barbarians.
5 The viper on his hand hurts him not.
8 He heals many diseases in the island.
11 They depart towards Rome.
17 He declares to the Jews the cause of his coming.
24 After his preaching some were persuaded, and some believed not.
30 Yet he preaches there two years.
island <3520> [the island.]
local inhabitants <915> [barbarous.]
showed <3930> [shewed.]
because <1223> [because.]
came out <1831> [came.]
fastened ... on <2510> [fastened.]
local people <915> [barbarians.]
creature <2342> [beast.]
No doubt <3843> [No doubt.]
a murderer <5406> [a murderer.]
suffered <3958> [felt.]
said <3004> [said.]
chief official <4413> [the chief.]
who <3739> [who.]
father <3962> [the father.]
after praying <4336> [prayed.]
placed <2007> [laid.]
healed <2390> [and healed.]
many of the people <3062> [others.]
honors <5092> [honoured.]
they gave <2007> [laded.]
[Cir. A.M. 4067. A.D. 63.]
ship <4143> [a ship.]
figurehead <3902> [whose.]
Syracuse <4946> [Syracuse.]
Syracuse was the capital of Sicily, situated on the eastern side of the island, 72 miles S. by E. of Messina, and about 112 of Palermo. In its ancient state of splendour it was 22« in extent, according to Strabo; and such was its opulence, that when the Romans took it, they found more riches than they did at Carthage.
Rhegium <4484> [Rhegium.]
Rhegium, now Reggio, was a maritime city and promontory in Italy, opposite Messina.
a south wind <3558> [the south.]
Puteoli <4223> [Puteoli.]
Puteoli, now Puzzuoli, is an ancient sea-port of Campania, in the kingdom of Naples, about eight miles S. W. of that city, standing upon a hill in a creek opposite to Baiae.
found <2147> [we found.]
were invited <3870> [and were.]
brothers ........................... Paul <80 3972> [when.]
Forum of Appius <675 5410> [Appii forum.]
Appii Forum, now Borgo Longo, was an ancient city of the Volsci, fifty miles S. of Rome.
Three Taverns <5140 4999> [The three taverns.]
The Three Taverns was a place in the Appian Way, thirty miles from Rome.
thanked <2168> [he thanked.]
Rome <4516> [Rome.]
Rome, the capital of Italy, and once of the whole world, is situated on the banks of the Tiber, about sixteen miles from the sea; 410 miles S. S .E. of Vienna, 600 S. E. of Paris, 730 E. by N. of Madrid, 760 W. of Constantinople, and 780 S. E. of London.
<1543> [the centurion.]
<4759> [captain.]
<1161> [but.]
I <1473> [though.]
I was handed over <3860> [was.]
I was forced <315> [I was.]
not <3756> [not.]
for ..................... because of ... hope <1223 1063 1680> [for the.]
chain <5026 254> [this chain.]
That is, the chain with which he was bound to the "soldier that kept him;" (ver. 16;) a mode of custody which Dr. Lardner has shown was in use among the Romans. It is in exact conformity, therefore, with the truth of St. Paul's situation at this time, that he declares himself to be "an ambassador in a chain," [en <\\See definition 1722\\> halusis <\\See definition 254\\>,] (Eph 6:20;) and the exactness is the more remarkable, as [halusis <\\See definition 254\\>,] a chain is no where used in the singular number to express any other kind of custody.
We <2249> [We.]
for <1063> [for.]
sect <139> [sect.]
<2240> [there came.]
he explained <1620> [he expounded.]
both <5037> [both.]
From ....................... from <575> [from.]
unable <800> [agreed.]
rightly <2573> [well.]
Go <4198> [Go.]
keep on hearing <189> [Hearing.]
advised <1110 846 2077> [it known.]
salvation <4992> [the salvation.]
has been sent <649> [sent.]
<4183 4803> [great reasoning.]
<3972> [Paul.]
St. Paul, after his release, is supposed to have visited Jud‘a, in the way to which he left Titus at Crete, (Tit 1:5,) and then returned through Syria, Cilicia, Asia Minor, and Greece, to Rome; where, according to primitive tradition, he was beheaded by order of Nero, A.D. 66, at Aquae Saiviae, three miles from Rome, and interred in the Via Ostensis, two miles from the city, where Constantine erected a church.
<3306> [dwelt.]
proclaiming <2784> [Cir. A.M. 4069. A.D. 65. Preaching.]
and teaching <2532 1321> [and teaching.]
with <3326> [with.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an authentic and inspired production, it bears the most satisfactory internal evidence of its authenticity and truth. St. Luke's long attendance upon St. Paul, and his having been an eyewitness of many of the facts which he has recorded, independently of his Divine inspiration, render him a most suitable and credible historian; and his medical knowledge, for he is allowed to have been a physician, enabled him both to form a proper judgment of the miraculous cures which were performed by St. Paul, and to give an authentic and circumstantial detail of them. The plainness and simplicity of the narrative are also strong circumstances in its favour. The history of the Acts is one of the most important parts of the Sacred History, for without it neither the Gospels nor Epistles could have been so clearly understood; but by the aid of it the whole scheme of the Christian revelation is set before us in a clear and easy view.
