Acts 28:2

World English Bible (2000)

The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

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  • Acts 28:4 : 4 When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."
  • Rom 1:14 : 14 I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.
  • 1 Cor 14:11 : 11 If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Acts 27:3 : 3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
  • Rom 2:14-15 : 14 (for when Gentiles who don't have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
  • Rom 2:27 : 27 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
  • Ezra 10:9 : 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! 12 If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
  • Luke 10:30-37 : 30 Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 34 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' 36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
  • John 18:18 : 18 Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

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  • Acts 28:1
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    1 When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.

  • Acts 28:3-7
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    3 But 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.

    4 When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."

    5 However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.

    6 But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

    7 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.

  • Acts 28:9-12
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    9 Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.

    10 They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.

    11 After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers."

    12 Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

  • Acts 27:26-27
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    26 But we must run aground on a certain island."

    27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

  • Acts 28:14-15
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    14 where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

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

  • Acts 27:14-21
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    14 But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.

    15 When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

    16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

    17 After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

    18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

    19 On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.

    20 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

    21 When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

  • Acts 27:12
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    12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

  • Acts 27:43-44
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    43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

    44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.

  • Acts 21:17
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    17 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.

  • Acts 27:6-8
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    6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

    7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

    8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18 Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

  • Acts 27:41
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  • Job 24:7
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    7 They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

  • Acts 27:3-4
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    3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

    4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

  • Acts 20:14
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    14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene.

  • 1 Sam 25:15-16
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    15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.

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

  • Acts 27:29-30
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    29 Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

    30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

  • Acts 16:37
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    37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"

  • Jonah 1:13
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    13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

  • Acts 28:21
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    21 They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

  • Acts 14:11
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    11 When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"

  • Acts 20:12
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    12 They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.

  • Acts 27:39
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    39 When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

  • Acts 13:7
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    7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

  • Acts 14:14
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    14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,

  • Acts 15:12
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    12 All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

  • Acts 21:7
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    7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.

  • Matt 25:38
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    38 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?