Acts 28:1

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

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Interpretation

God can make strangers to be friends; friends in distress. Those who are despised for homely manners, are often more friendly than the more polished; and the conduct of heathens, or persons called barbarians, condemns many in civilized nations, professing to be Christians.

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This thought runs through Acts 28:1-5.

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Glossary

Malta Place: ( Acts 27:28 ), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which Paul was being conveyed a prisoner to Rome was wrecked. The bay in which it was wrecked now bears the name of.