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And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Acts 28:2 — KJV
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Acts 28:2
King James Version (KJV)
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Acts 28:2
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Commentary
Commentary on Acts 28:2
Theological / DevotionalBarbarous people. Gr. barbaroi, an onomatopoeic word applied to people whose speech — to Greek and Roman ears — sounded like rude babbling (see on Rom. 1:14). The natives of Malta may have been related to the Phoenicians, or, as a result of contact with the Phoenicians, spoke a dialect of the Phoenician language, which was related, in him, to the Hebrew. The island of Malta had been ruled by the Romans ever since the Second Punic War (see Vol. V, p. 27; Livy Annals xxi. 51), when they took it from the Carthaginians.
No little. Or, “no ordinary” kindness. See ch. 19:11, where the same Greek expression is translated “special.”
Received us. That is, welcomed us. The weather apparently continued rainy and windy.
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