Acts 28:7 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Acts 28:7

5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and ^asuffered no harm.

6 However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and ^asaid that he was a god.

7 In that region there was an estate of the¹ leading citizen of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and entertained us courteously for three days.

8 And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and ^aprayed, and ^bhe laid his hands on him and healed him.

9 So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed.

10 They also honored us in many ^aways; and when we departed, they provided such things as were ^bnecessary.

Arrival at Rome

11 After three months we sailed in ^aan Alexandrian ship whose figurehead was the¹ Twin Brothers, which had wintered at the island.

12 And landing at Syracuse, we stayed three days.

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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possessions of the chief man—"the first man."

of the island—He would hardly be so styled in the lifetime of his father, if his distinction was that of the family. But it is now ascertained that this was the proper official title of the Maltese representative of the Roman prætor to Sicily, to whose province Malta belonged; two inscriptions having been discovered in the island, one in Greek, the other in Latin, containing the same words which Luke here employs.

who received us—of Paul's company, but doubtless including the "courteous" Julius.

and lodged us three days courteously—till proper winter lodgings could be obtained for them.

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