Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Which had wintered (parakexeimakoti). Perfect active participle of paraxeimazw, to pass the winter. Old verb, in N.T. only Acts 27:12; Acts 28:11; I Corinthians 16:6; Titus 3:12. The locative case agreeing with ploiw. Navigation in the Mediterranean usually opened up in February (always by March), spring beginning on Feb. 9 (Page).
Whose sign was the Twin Brothers (parashmw Dioskouroiv). The word parashmw can be either a substantive (as Revised Version has it) or an adjective "marked by the sign," examples of both uses common in ancient Greek. Dioskouroiv is in apposition with parashmw. The word means the twin sons (kourov or korov) of Zeus (Diov, genitive of Zeuv) and Leda, viz., Castor and Pollux. The Attic used the dual, tw Dioskorw. Castor and Pollux were the tutelary deities of sailors whose figures were painted one on each side of the prow of the ship. This sign was the name of the ship. So they start in another grain ship of Alexandria bound for Rome.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 28:11:
Acts 27:12
Acts 28:1
Acts 28:11
Acts 28:12
1 Corinthians 16:6
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