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Acts 28:2

GenerosityThe stranger and outcastMercy and compassion

1 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

3 Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

4 When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
KJV
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
WEB
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.
ASV
And the barbarians showed us no common kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
DARBY
But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.
BLB
And the natives were showing not [just] the ordinary kindness to us. For having kindled a fire, they received all of us because of the rain setting in and because of the cold.
ÅB
De innfødte viste ikke liten menneskekjærlighet mot oss; de tente opp en ild og tok seg av oss alle sammen, da det hadde begynt å regne og var koldt.
OTB
Øyboerne viste oss bemerkelsesverdig vennlighet; de tente et bål og ønsket oss alle velkommen, siden det var regnfullt og kaldt.
B1930
De innfødte viste ikke liten menneskekjærlighet mot oss; de tendte op en ild og tok sig av oss alle sammen, da det hadde begynt å regne og var koldt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Colossians 3:11

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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  • Romans 1:14

    I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

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  • Hebrews 13:2

    Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

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  • Acts 28:4

    When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:27

    in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:11

    If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

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  • Matthew 10:42

    And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

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  • Proverbs 24:11–12

    Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

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