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Andκαὶputting inκαταχθέντεςatεἰςSyracuse,Συρακούσαςwe stayedἐπεμείναμενthreeτρεῖςdays;ἡμέρας
Acts 28:12
Study it in the app“And putting in at Syracuse, we stayed three days;”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 28:12, word by word
- putting inκαταχθέντεςkatachthentes
put in
To land at a port; haul boats ashore.
Where else “katachthentes” appears- SyracuseΣυρακούσαςSyrakousas
Syracuse
Syracuse, the chief city of Sicily.
Where else “Syrakousas” appears- we stayedἐπεμείναμενepemeinamen
stay
To remain longer in a place.
Where else “epemeinamen” appears- threeτρεῖςtreis
three
Three.
Where else “treis” appears- daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears
The context
11And after three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the emblem of the Dioscuri.
12 · This verse (above)
13from there weighing anchor we arrived at Rhegium; and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
To study Acts 28 in a group
1. What it says
How did the people of Malta treat the shipwrecked, and what happened to Paul and the viper? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
The last verses say Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God "without hindrance" (vv. 30-31). What does it suggest to you that the book ends this way?
3. How I live it
The people of the island welcomed strangers with kindness (v. 2). Whom could you welcome or help this week?