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When we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Malta.
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The Island is Malta
Scholars are confident that the island “Melita” is modern-day Malta. Commentaries point to multiple lines of evidence: the ship's logical sailing route from Crete to Rome, the next port of call being Syracuse in Sicily, and a strong local tradition dating back to ancient times. This detail grounds the biblical account in verifiable history and geography.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Chapter 28
They knew. Either from their former acquaintance with the island, or from the information of the inhabitants.
Then we knew (τοτε επεγνωμεν). Second aorist (ingressive) active indicative of επιγινωσκω. Then we recognized. See 27:39.
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19th Century
Anglican
Then they knew that the island was called Melita. There is no ground for questioning the current belief that this was the…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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