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Then we knew (τοτε επεγνωμεν). Second aorist (ingressive) active indicative of επιγινωσκω. Then we recognized. See 27:39.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Chapter 28
They knew. Either from their former acquaintance with the island, or from the information of the inhabitants.
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Then they knew that the island was called Melita. There is no ground for questioning the current belief that this was the…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they k…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Malta is an island about 18 miles long and 8 miles wide, lying 58 miles south of Sicily and 180 miles north and east of the African coast. It had b…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
That sorrowful spectacle is described at the beginning of the chapter, where so many men, wet, completely covered with the foam and filth of the se…
John Gill
JohnGill
And when they were escaped
From the danger they were exposed to by shipwreck, and were got safe to land; this is omi…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
God can make strangers into friends—friends in distre .
Those who are despised for simple manners are often more friendly than the more poli…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson