28:1 - And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
It came to pass, after Paul went out of the island Gaudomeleta,[1]
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.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
and the signs of the ships, and how they made shipwreck;[237]
28:17 - And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Five Books in Reply to Marcion
Because, deservedly, "made gross in heart."[59]
28:22 - But we desire to hear of you what you think: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
Lactantius On the Workmanship of God
For if you afforded yourself a ready hearer in literature, which did nothing else than form the style, how much more teachable ought you to be in these true studies, which have reference even to the life! And I now profess to you, that I am hindered by no necessity of circumstance or time from composing something by which the philosophers of our sect[2]
28:25 - And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
by whom the world moves; by whom creation consists, and all things have life; who also wrought mightily in the prophets,[412]
28:26 - Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing all of you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing all of you shall see, and not perceive:
Tertullian On Fasting
Through them, to wit, had "the heart of the People been made thick, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with a heart"[36]Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna
You will discover the meaning of this, my attentive hearer, if you do but take up and examine what follows upon this narration: For hearing, he says, ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing, ye shall see, and not perceive.[103]