ACTS 28:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.”
We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. - Syracuse (Syrakousai, Syrakousai), Sicily's major city, provides the first stop after leaving Malta. 'Three days' (treis hēmeras, treis hēmeras) allows for respite and resupply. Luke's route retraces Paul's final journey to Rome, marking each stage with precision.
Church Fathers on Acts 28:12
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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