<p>28:1 <em>And when we had escaped</em>- Luke was on the ship. &quot;Escaped&quot; translates the Greek word usually used for salvation; there is clearly a sense in which the entire account of the shipwreck was seen as parabolic of the journey to salvation.</p><p><i>Then we knew that the island was called Malta</i>- 'Land of honey'. In this case, the parabolic aspect of the shipwreck continues, with Malta becoming symbolic of Canaan.</p>