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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Melita (Malta)
Malta. Paul's ship ran aground there in the storm of Acts 27, and he and the others stayed three months before sailing on to Rome. Phoenicians settled it long before, then Carthage and Rome held it, and Punic inscriptions survive from that time.
Malta. Paul's ship ran aground there in the storm of Acts 27, and he and the others stayed three months before sailing on to Rome. Phoenicians settled it long before, then Carthage and Rome held it, and Punic inscriptions survive from that time.
Melita is not a person but the ancient name of Malta, the island in the central Mediterranean where Paul's ship ran aground during the storm recorded in Acts 27. Long settled by Phoenicians and later held by Carthage and then Rome, Malta preserves Phoenician and Punic remains, including bilingual inscriptions, from this era. Paul and his companions spent three months on the island before completing the voyage to Rome (Acts 28:1-11).
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- Acts 28:1
