Acts 28:1-14 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. ! — A great many things are clearer today than they were last night. Tomorrow will clear up some of the mysteries of today. Weird shapes of the darkness take a matter-of-fact form when the sun rises. Doubts and fears which oppress us during the storm are found to be baseless after the clouds are scattered. This ought to comfort us when we most need cheer. What we do not know now, we shall know hereafter. If now we see as in a glass darkly, we shall then see face to face; we shall then know even as we are known. In our patience possess we our souls. "Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." (H. C. Trumbull, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.WEB: When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta. |
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