Acts 28:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because of the rain and the cold.

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  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, justice does not allow to live.
  • Rom 1:14 : 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise.
  • 1 Cor 14:11 : 11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks shall be a foreigner to me.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Acts 27:3 : 3 And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing so some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 In weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
  • Rom 2:14-15 : 14 For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves: 15 Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or else excusing each other;)
  • Rom 2:27 : 27 And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?
  • Ezra 10:9 : 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, and those ready to be slain; 12 If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
  • Luke 10:30-37 : 30 And Jesus answered and said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that way, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you. 36 Now, which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves? 37 And he said, He who showed mercy on him. Then Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.
  • John 18:18 : 18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

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  • Acts 28:1
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    1And when they had escaped, they learned that the island was called Malta.

  • Acts 28:3-7
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    77%

    3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

    4And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, justice does not allow to live.

    5And he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

    6However, they expected that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but after they had looked a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

    7In the same region were estates of the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

  • Acts 28:9-12
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    70%

    9So when this was done, others who had diseases on the island also came and were healed.

    10They also honored us in many ways, and when we departed, they provided us with such things as were necessary.

    11After three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered at the island, whose figurehead was the Twin Brothers.

    12And landing at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

  • Acts 27:26-27
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    68%

    26However, we must be cast upon a certain island.

    27But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were nearing land;

  • Acts 28:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14There we found brethren and were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.

    15And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

  • Acts 27:14-21
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    14But not long after, a tempestuous wind arose, called Euroclydon.

    15And when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we let her be driven.

    16And running under a certain island called Clauda, we had much work to secure the boat:

    17Which when they had taken up, they used aids to undergird the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they lowered the sail, and so were driven.

    18And being exceedingly tossed by a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

    19And on the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the ship's tackle.

    20And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then lost.

    21But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in their midst, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete, and incurred this harm and loss.

  • Acts 27:12
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    12And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to sail from there also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, to winter there; which is a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.

  • Acts 27:43-44
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    66%

    43But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land:

    44And the rest, some on boards, and some on parts of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safely to land.

  • Acts 21:17
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    17And when we came to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

  • Acts 27:6-8
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    65%

    6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy; and he put us on it.

    7And when we had sailed slowly for many days, and barely came opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us, we sailed under Crete, opposite Salmone;

    8And with difficulty passing it, came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18And with these sayings, they barely kept the people from sacrificing to them.

  • Acts 27:41
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    41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast, and remained immovable, but the stern was broken up by the violence of the waves.

  • Job 24:7
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    7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, so they have no covering in the cold.

  • Acts 27:3-4
    2 verses
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    3And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.

    4And when we departed from there, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

  • Acts 20:14
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    14And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

  • 1 Sam 25:15-16
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    64%

    15But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, nor did we miss anything, as long as we were associating with them, when we were in the fields.

    16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

  • Acts 27:29-30
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    64%

    29Then fearing lest we should be driven upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for daybreak.

    30And as the sailors were attempting to escape from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretext of laying out anchors from the prow,

  • Acts 16:37
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    37But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they press us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.

  • Jonah 1:13
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    13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to land; but they could not: for the sea worked, and was tempestuous against them.

  • Acts 28:21
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    21And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you.

  • Acts 14:11
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    11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.

  • Acts 20:12
    64%

    12And they brought the young man alive, and were very comforted.

  • Acts 27:39
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    39And when it was day, they did not recognize the land: but they observed a certain creek with a shore, into which they planned, if it were possible, to run the ship.

  • Acts 13:7
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    7Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

  • Acts 14:14
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    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the people, crying out

  • Acts 15:12
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    12Then all the multitude kept silent, and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring what miracles and wonders God had worked among the Gentiles by them.

  • Acts 21:7
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    7And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, greeted the brethren, and stayed with them one day.

  • Matt 25:38
    63%

    38When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?