Acts 28:1-6

Listen to Acts 28:1-6

1 After our escape, we learned that the island was called Malta.

2 Its people showed extraordinary kindness - it was cold and it had started to rain, so they lit a bonfire and welcomed us all.

3 Sha'ul had gathered a bundle of sticks and was adding them to the fire, when a poisonous snake, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

4 The islanders saw the creature hanging from Sha'ul's hand and said to one another, "This man must be a murderer. Even though he escaped the sea, justice has not allowed him to live."

5 But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.

6 They waited, expecting him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing that nothing amiss was happening to him, they reversed their opinion and said he was a god.

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Acts 28:1-6 Study Resources

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Shake it off (cont'd)

Tony Clark

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Shake it off

Tony Clark

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Through Storms and Snakes, Part 2

Jeff Johnson

When a storm strikes, like a Pandemic, we can so easily lose focus and get off track. If you’ll recall in our recent studies of Acts on Sound Doctrine we read about the Apostle Paul’s shipwreck off the coast of Malta. We saw that, despite the challenges, Paul didn’t let his circumstances derail him from his true focus, sharing the love of Christ! And what great encouragement that is to us to take advantage of the opportunities we have even today.

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Through Storms and Snakes, Part 1

Jeff Johnson

Today we open the twenty-eighth and final chapter of Acts. Paul finds himself now shipwrecked and on the island of Malta. But God had promised him that he would make it to Rome, the voyage would resume, and not even a serpent could prevent that from happening!

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