After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. Acts 28:11 Paul and his companions set sail from Malta, continuing their journey to Rome. After two days on Malta, we set sail on a ferry to Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean. The harbor has been a harbor for thousands of years. This is likely from where Paul sailed, too. Who else has sailed in and out of this harbor over the millennia? The Romans aren’t the […]
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Arrival on Malta
Land! After two long weeks trapped in a storm aboard a rocking ship, it must have felt great to finally be back on the ground. The Apostle Paul and the others traveling with him had endured a very rough voyage. In the end, their ship ran aground and was torn apart but everyone made it ashore. But where were they? They had made it to the island of Malta. This is where my latest journey began. Flying in to Malta’s airport, we felt some sympathy for Paul and his companions as we endured some rough turbulence on our way in. […]