Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Acts 28:1

CHAPTER 28

Ac 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.

1. knew the island was called Melita--(See on Ac 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 Ac 27:41), having set the question, it may now be affirmed, at rest.