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Act 28:1-31. The wintering at Malta, and notable occurrences there - Prosecution of the voyage to Italy as far as Puteoli, and land journey thence to Rome - Summary of the apostle’s labors there for the two following years.
knew the island was called Melita - (See on Act 27:39). The opinion that this island was not Malta to the south of Sicily, but Meleda in the Gulf of Venice - which till lately had respectable support among Competent judges - is now all but exploded; examination of all the places on the spot, and of all writings and principles bearing on the question, by gentlemen of the highest qualification, particularly Smith (see on Act 27:41), having set the question, it may now be affirmed, at rest.