Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. New Living Translation It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island—an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods as its figurehead. English Standard Version After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead. Berean Standard Bible After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead. Berean Literal Bible Then after three months, we sailed in an Alexandrian ship having wintered in the island, with a figurehead of the Dioscuri. King James Bible And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. New King James Version After three months we sailed in an Alexandrian ship whose figurehead was the Twin Brothers, which had wintered at the island. New American Standard Bible After three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered at the island, and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead. NASB 1995 At the end of three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered at the island, and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead. NASB 1977 And at the end of three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered at the island, and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead. Legacy Standard Bible Now at the end of three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered at the island, and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead. Amplified Bible At the end of three months we set sail on a ship which had wintered at the island, an Alexandrian ship with the Twin Brothers [Castor and Pollux] as its figurehead. Christian Standard Bible After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Gods as its figurehead. Holman Christian Standard Bible After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Brothers as its figurehead. American Standard Version And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But we went out after three months and journeyed on an Alexandrian ship which had harbored at that island, and it had on it the sign of The Twins. Contemporary English Version Three months later we sailed in a ship that had been docked at Malta for the winter. The ship was from Alexandria in Egypt and was known as "The Twin Gods." Douay-Rheims Bible And after three months, we sailed in a ship of Alexandria, that had wintered in the island, whose sign was the Castors. English Revised Version And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers. GOD'S WORD® Translation After three months we sailed on an Alexandrian ship that had spent the winter at the island. The ship had the gods Castor and Pollux carved on its front. Good News Translation After three months we sailed away on a ship from Alexandria, called "The Twin Gods," which had spent the winter in the island. International Standard Version Three months later, we continued our sailing onboard an Alexandrian ship that had spent the winter at the island. It had the Twin Brothers as its figurehead. Literal Standard Version And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the island) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri, Majority Standard Bible After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead. New American Bible Three months later we set sail on a ship that had wintered at the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the Dioscuri as its figurehead. NET Bible After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the "Heavenly Twins" as its figurehead. New Revised Standard Version Three months later we set sail on a ship that had wintered at the island, an Alexandrian ship with the Twin Brothers as its figurehead. New Heart English Bible After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers." Webster's Bible Translation And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. Weymouth New Testament Three months passed before we set sail in an Alexandrian vessel, called the 'Twin Brothers,' which had wintered at the island. World English Bible After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was “The Twin Brothers.” Young's Literal Translation And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul Arrives in Italy10The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail. 11 After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead. 12Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.… Cross References Acts 13:6 They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, Acts 27:6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. Acts 28:10 The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail. Acts 28:12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days. Treasury of Scripture And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. Cir. Acts 6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. Acts 27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. whose. Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. Jonah 1:5,16 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep… 1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. Jump to Previous Alexandria Alexandrian Departed End Ensign Gods Island Isle Months Passed Sail Sailing Sea Ship Sign Three Twin Vessel WinterJump to Next Alexandria Alexandrian Departed End Ensign Gods Island Isle Months Passed Sail Sailing Sea Ship Sign Three Twin Vessel WinterActs 28 1. Paul, after his shipwreck, is kindly entertained on Malta.5. The snake on his hand hurts him not. 8. He heals many diseases in the island. 11. They depart toward Rome. 17. He declares to the Jews the cause of his coming. 24. After his preaching some were persuaded, and some believed not. 30. Yet he preaches there two years. (11) After three months.--The date may be approximately fixed. The Fast, falling on the 10th of Tisri, which has been calculated as falling in that year on September 24th, was passed, we are not told how long, when the ship left the Fair Havens (Acts 27:9). Then came the "fourteen days" of Acts 27:27, bringing us to the end of October or beginning of November. Three months from this carries us to the beginning of February. This was earlier than that usually fixed for the general navigation of the Mediterranean (see Note on Acts 27:9), but the officers and the crew of the Alexandrian ship were naturally anxious to take the earliest opportunity for pressing on to their destination. The fact that the latter had wintered in the island is obviously in favour of the identification of Melita with Malta, which lay on the usual line of the voyage from Alexandria to Italy, while Meleda was altogether out of the way. Whose sign was Castor and Pollux.--Literally, the Dioscuri, the two sons of Zeus and Leda, who were regarded as the guardian deities of sailors. So Horace (Od. i. 3, 2) speaks of the "fratres Helen?, lucida sidera" ("brothers of Helen, beaming stars"), and (Od. i. 12, 25) of the "puerosque Ledce" ("the children of Leda"), whose bright star shines propitiously on sailors. In Greek mythology, Zeus had rewarded their brotherly devotion by placing them among the stars as the Gemini, which were connected with the month of May in the signs of the Zodiac, and Poseidon (= Neptune) had given them power over the winds and waves that they might assist the shipwrecked. So in the Helena of Euripides they appear, in 1550?60, as promising a fair wind and a safe voyage. The figure-heads of the Greek and Roman ships were commonly placed both at the prow and the stern. Verse 11. - Set sail for departed, A.V.; island for isle, A.V.; The Twin Brothers for Castor and Pollux, A.V. After three months. At the very earliest period when the sailing season began after the winter. It would be, perhaps, about the middle of February, or, as Alford thinks, about March 10. If the weather was fine, having so short a voyage before them, they would venture to sail without further delay. Set sail (see preceding verso, note). A ship of Alexandria. Some ship, better fated than that one (Acts 27:6) which was wrecked in St. Paul's Bay, which had weathered or avoided the gale, and probably got into the harbor of Valetta in good time. One would have thought that this ship wintering at Malta on its way from Alexandria to Italy, via Sicily, would be of itself a sufficient proof that Melita was Malta. Which had wintered (παρακεχειμακότι); see Acts 27:12, note. Whose sign was The Twin Brothers (Δίοσκουροι, Latin the constellation Gemini). The twin sons of Jupiter and Leda, Castor and Pollux, brothers of Helena ("fratres Helenis, lucida sidera," Horace, 'Od.,' 1:3, 2), were called by the Greeks Dioscuri, the sons of Jove. It was their special office to assist sailors in danger of shipwreck. Hence Horace, in the ode just quoted, prays that Castor and Pollux, in conjunction with other deities, would carry the ship in which Virgil sailed safe to Attica. And in Ode 12:27, etc., he describes the subsidence of the storm, and the calming of the waves, at the appearance of the twin stars, of Leda's sons. It was, therefore, very natural to have the Dioscuri for the παράσημον, the sign of the ship. Every ancient ship had a παράσημον, "a painted or carved representation of the sign which furnished its name on the prow, and at the stern a similar one of their tutelary deity." (Alford), which was called the tutela. These were sometimes the same, and perhaps were so in this instance. Ovid tells us that Minerva was the tutela of the ship in which he sailed, and that her painted helmet gave it its name ('Trist.,' 1 9:1), Galea, or the like. We may notice the continual trial to Jews and Christians of having to face idolatry in all the common actions of life.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek AfterΜετὰ (Meta) Preposition Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. three τρεῖς (treis) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 5140: Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'. months μῆνας (mēnas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3376: A (lunar) month. A primary word; a month. we set sail ἀνήχθημεν (anēchthēmen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural Strong's 321: From ana and ago; to lead up; by extension to bring out; specially, to sail away. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. an Alexandrian Ἀλεξανδρινῷ (Alexandrinō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 222: Alexandrian, belonging to Alexandria in Egypt. From the same as Alexandreus; Alexandrine, or belonging to Alexandria. ship πλοίῳ (ploiō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 4143: A ship, vessel, boat. From pleo; a sailer, i.e. Vessel. that had wintered παρακεχειμακότι (parakecheimakoti) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 3914: To pass the winter. From para and cheimazo; to winter near, i.e. Stay with over the rainy season. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. island. νήσῳ (nēsō) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3520: An island. Probably from the base of naus; an island. It had the Twin Brothers Διοσκούροις (Dioskourois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 1359: From the alternate of Zeus and a form of the base of korasion; sons of Jupiter, i.e. The twins Dioscuri. as a figurehead. παρασήμῳ (parasēmō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 3902: Marked with; a figure-head. From para and the base of semaino; side-marked, i.e. Labelled (figure-head) of a ship). Links Acts 28:11 NIVActs 28:11 NLT Acts 28:11 ESV Acts 28:11 NASB Acts 28:11 KJV Acts 28:11 BibleApps.com Acts 28:11 Biblia Paralela Acts 28:11 Chinese Bible Acts 28:11 French Bible Acts 28:11 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 28:11 After three months we set sail (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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