Acts 28:2
The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.
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- Acts 28:4 : 4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another,“No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
- Rom 1:14 : 14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
- 1 Cor 14:11 : 11 If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
- Col 3:11 : 11 Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.
- Acts 27:3 : 3 The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.
- Heb 13:2 : 2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.
- 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
- Lev 19:18 : 18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- Rom 2:14-15 : 14 For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves. 15 They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
- Rom 2:27 : 27 The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!
- Ezra 10:9 : 9 All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days.(It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains.
- Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter. 12 If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?
- Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
- Luke 10:30-37 : 30 Jesus replied,“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. 32 So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. 34 He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring olive oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying,‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’ 36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 The expert in religious law said,“The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him,“Go and do the same.”
- John 18:18 : 18 (Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)
- Lev 19:34 : 34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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1 Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
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3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.
4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another,“No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
5 However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.
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9 After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.
10 They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.
11 Paul Finally Reaches Rome After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the“Heavenly Twins” as its figurehead.
12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.
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26 But we must run aground on some island.”
27 When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.
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14 There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.
15 The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
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14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.
15 When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
16 As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.
17 After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.
18 The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,
19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.
20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.
21 Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said,“Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.
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12 Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there. They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
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43 But the centurion, wanting to save Paul’s life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,
44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.
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17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.
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6 There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.
7 We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.
8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.
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18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
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41 But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.
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7 They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.
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3 The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.
4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
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14 When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.
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15 These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.
16 Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.
- Acts 27:29-302 verses64%
29 Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.
30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,
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37 But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”
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13 Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.
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21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
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11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,“The gods have come down to us in human form!”
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12 They took the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.
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39 Paul is Shipwrecked When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
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7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
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14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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12 The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
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7 We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.
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38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you?