Acts 28:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

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  • Matt 4:24 : 24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.
  • Mark 6:54-56 : 54 As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus. 55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. 56 And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
  • Acts 5:12 : 12 The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.
  • Acts 5:15 : 15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

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  • Acts 28:6-8
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    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.

    8 The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

  • 10 They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.

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    11 The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,

    12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

  • Luke 4:39-40
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    39 So he stood over her, commanded the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.

    40 As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

  • Acts 5:15-16
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    15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

    16 A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

  • Luke 6:18-19
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    18 and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

    19 The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

  • Matt 8:15-17
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    15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.

    16 When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

    17 In this way what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled:“He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

  • 11 But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

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    35 When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

    36 They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

  • 10 For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

  • Acts 14:8-10
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    8 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

    9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

    10 he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.

  • Mark 1:31-33
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    31 He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.

    32 When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

    33 The whole town gathered by the door.

  • Mark 6:55-56
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    55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

    56 And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

  • 15 But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

  • 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

  • Acts 28:1-3
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    1 Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

    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.

    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.

  • Matt 4:23-24
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    23 Jesus’ Healing Ministry Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

    24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

  • 30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

  • 13 They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with olive oil and healed them.

  • 21 At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

  • 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

  • 9 Heal the sick in that town and say to them,‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’

  • 36 Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

  • 6 Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

  • 14 As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

  • 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • 32 Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

  • 19 When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • 3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

  • 26 She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.

  • 14 When he saw them he said,“Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went along, they were cleansed.

  • 29 Healings at Simon’s House Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

  • 10 So when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.