ACTS 28:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.”
After three months we put out to sea on a ship that had wintered on the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. - The stay on Malta lasts 'three months' (treis mēnes, treis mēnes-the winter period when sailing ceased). A new ship, an 'Alexandrian ship' (Aleksandrinos, Aleksandrinos-a large Egyptian merchant vessel, like the earlier one), has 'wintered' (pareimoniazo, pareimoniazo-'spent winter') on the island. The 'figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux' (Dioskouroi, Dioskouroi-the Gemini twins, protectors of sailors in Greco-Roman belief) shows the ship's religious symbolism. Yet Paul and the Christians aboard carry a greater protection.
Church Fathers on Acts 28:11
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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