Publius
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a
fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and
prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him....
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In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the
island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us
three days courteously....
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Saint Publius (in Maltese, San Publju) is venerated as the
first Bishop of Malta. Publius' conversion led to Malta being
the first Christian nation in the West, and one of the first
in the world.
It was the same Publius who received the Apostle Paul during
his shipwreck on the island as recounted in the Acts of the
Apostles. According to the A...
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Chief ("first," Greek) man of Melita; "lodged courteously for
three days" Paul when shipwrecked (Acts 28:7). His hospitality
to Christ's servant was rewarded (compare Hebrews 13:2) in the
cure of his father's bloody flux by Paul. The designation
(Greek) "first of the island" could not have been from his
"possessions" in his father's lifetime. ...
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pub'-li-us (Poplios, from the Latin praenomen Publius,
derived from populus, "popular"; according to Ramsay it is
the Greek form of the Latin nomen Popilius; the Greek title
meaning "first," applied to Publius in Acts 28:7, was an
official one, and has been found on an inscription from the
island of Gaulus near Malta (compare Bockh, Corpus
In...
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-(An important man on the island of Melita (Malta))
-Father of, healed by Paul
Ac 28:7,8...
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the chief man --probably the governor-of Melita, who received
and lodged St. Paul and his companions on the occasion of
their being shipwrecked off that island. Ac 28:7 (A.D.55.)...
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"the chief man of the island" of Malta (Acts 28:7), who
courteously entertained Paul and his shipwrecked
companions for
three days, till they found a more permanent place of
residence;
for they remained on the island for three months, till
the
stormy season had passed. The word here rendered
"chief man"
(protos) is supposed by some to be p...
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