Acts 28:1

And when they were rescued, then they learned that the island was called Malta.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

In Context

2And the natives were showing us extraordinary kindness; for having kindled a fire they accepted us all into their society, because of the rain which had begun, and because of the cold.

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Cross References

Acts 27:26However, it is necessary for us to run aground on a certain island.” 1 The Shipwreck

Acts 27:44and the rest, some on boards and others on parts from the ship. And in this way it came about that all were brought to safety.

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:1

We are the more concerned to take notice of and to improve what is here recorded concerning blessed Paul because, after the story of this chapter, we hear no more of him in the sacred history, though we have a great deal of him yet before us in his epistles. We have attended him through several chapters from one judgment-seat to another, and could at last have taken leave of him with the more pleasure if we had left him at liberty; but in this chapter we are to condole with him, and yet congratulate him. I. We… Read the whole commentary →

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