Acts 28:7
And in the neighbourhood of that place were lands of the principal man of the island, by name Publius, who, having received us, three days did courteously lodge us;This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- ἀναδέχομαιanadéchomaito entertain (as a guest)
- ΠόπλιοςPópliosapparently "popular"; Poplius (i.e. Publius), a Roman
- νῆσοςnēsosan island
- χωρίονchōríona spot or plot of ground
- ξενίζωxenízōto be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange
- ὑπάρχωhypárchōto begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, t
- τρεῖςtreîs"three"
- τόποςtóposa spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 (χώρα) is a large but pa
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The "first man" of MaltaConfirmed by the groundThe odd title Acts gives the leading man of Malta is the title Malta's own inscriptions use for that office.
Cross-references
Mat 10:40–41, Act 18:12, Act 28:2, Luk 19:6–9, Act 23:24, Act 13:7