John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-31
St. Paul a Prisoner at Rome1. They.. they] RV ’we.. we.’ Melita] RM ’Melitene.’ Melita is certainly Malta, and not (as has been erroneously supposed) Meleda off the Illyrian coast. Tradition correctly locates the shipwreck in St. Paul’s Bay, about 8 m. NW. of Valetta. 2. The barbarous people] RV ’the barbarians.’ The Gk. word does not imply that they were uncivilised, but only that they were neither Greeks nor Romans.3. Cp. Mark 16:18. As St. Paul was arranging the faggot on the fire, the... read more
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 28:31
28:31 freedom (e-17) As 'boldness,' ch. 4.13,29,31. read more