Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 28:10

"who also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board such things as we needed." — Acts 28:10 (ASV)

As a result of Paul’s ministry during his months on Malta, the islanders honored him and his party in many ways. Paul was no god, as they had soon learned. But he was a messenger of the one true God, with good news of life and wholeness in Jesus Christ. In carrying out his God-given commission, Paul gave of himself unstintingly on behalf of people. That they appreciated his ministry is evidenced by their giving him and his colleagues supplies for the rest of their journey. Luke suggests that Paul may have looked on his stay in Malta as a high point in his ministry—a time of blessing when God worked in marvelous ways, despite the shipwreck and his being still a prisoner. God seems to have been refreshing Paul’s spirit after the two relatively bleak years at Caesarea and the disastrous time at sea, and he was preparing him for his witness in Rome.