Acts 28:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And the foreigners showed us extraordinary kindness, for they kindled a fire and received us all, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And the natives showed us unusual and remarkable kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed and received us all, since it had begun to rain and was cold.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. Because it was rainy and cold, they built a fire and welcomed all of us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² For they refreshed us all by kindling a fire, because rain was imminent and because of the cold.

Acts 28:2 Cross References

Ezra 10:9

Then all the men of Yehuḏ

Leviticus 19:18

‘Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am יהוה.

Leviticus 19:34

‘Let the stranger who dwells among you be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself. For you were strangers in the land of Mitsrayim. I am יהוה  your Elohim.

Matthew 10:42

“And whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a taught one, truly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”

John 18:18

And the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, because it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Kĕ

Acts 27:3

And on the next day we landed at Tsiḏ

Acts 28:3

But Sha’ul, having gathered a bundle of sticks, and having laid them on the fire, an adder came out because of the heat, and fastened itself on his hand.

Acts 28:4

And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man is certainly a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, still right-ruling does not allow to live.”

Romans 1:14

I am a debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to foolish.

Romans 14:1

And receive him who is weak in the belief, not criticising his thoughts.

Romans 14:3

He that eats, let him not despise him who does not eat, and he that does not eat, let him not judge him who eats, for Elohim received him.

Romans 2:27

And the uncircumcised by nature, who perfects the Torah, shall judge you who notwithstanding letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the Torah!

1 Corinthians 14:11

If then I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks be a foreigner to me.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness,

Colossians 3:11

where there is not Greek and Yehuḏ

Hebrews 13:2

Do not forget to receive strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained messengers.