Acts Chapter 28 verse 12 Holy Bible
And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
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And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.
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And having come to Syracuse we remained three days.
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And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
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Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
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and having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Touching for landing, A.V. Touching (καταχθέντες); Acts 21:3; Acts 27:3, note. The way in which Syracuse is here mentioned is another redundant proof that Melita is Malta. "Syracause is about eighty miles, a days' sail, from Malta" (Afford). Tarried there three days. Perhaps wind- bound, or possibly having to land part of their cargo there.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) And landing at Syracuse . . .--The city, famous for the memorable siege during the Peloponnesian war, and at all times taking its place among the most flourishing towns of Sicily, was about eighty or a hundred miles from Malta, and might be reached accordingly in from twenty-four to thirty-six hours. Ships bound from Alexandria to Italy commonly put in there. The stay of three days was probably caused by their waiting for a favourable wind. The fact stated in the next verse implies that it was more or less against them.
