Acts 28:1-6

Safe at Malta

1 When 1they had been brought safely through, 2then we found out that 3the island was called Malta.
2 4The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and 5received us all.
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 itself on his hand.
4 When 6the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, "7Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live."
5 However * 8he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
6 But they were expecting that he was about to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and 9began to say that he was a god.

Cross References 9

  • 1. [they] Acts 16:10; Acts 27:1
  • 2. Acts 27:39
  • 3. Acts 27:26
  • 4. Acts 28:4; Romans 1:14; 1 Corinthians 14:11; Colossians 3:11
  • 5. Romans 14:1
  • 6. Acts 28:2
  • 7. Luke 13:2, 4
  • 8. Mark 16:18
  • 9. Acts 14:11

Footnotes 5

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