Bible Strands
Acts 28:1
Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator, writing in the first-person plural, reports the arrival of Paul and the shipwrecked passengers on a Mediterranean island immediately after the storm. The account is directed to readers following the maritime journey to Rome.
The words — The aorist participle διασωθέντες (diasōthentes) literally means "having been saved through," indicating completed deliverance prior to the next action. The verb ἐπέγνωμεν (epegnōmen) translates to "we found out," marking the shift from survival to geographic identification.
The thread — The statement fulfills the earlier assurance in Acts 27:26 that the group would run aground on an island. It directly continues the physical landing described in Acts 27:44, where the survivors reached the shore by planks.
Why it lands — The text records the factual identification of the location before describing the islanders' response in the following verse. It requires the reader to note that the narrative grounds the subsequent events in a specific, named geography rather than leaving the setting abstract.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Cross-references
- Acts 27:26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
- Acts 27:44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
- Acts 27:39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
- Acts 16:10 As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.