Acts 28:2

Easy To Read Version

It was raining and very cold. But the people that lived there were very good to us. They made a fire for us and welcomed all of us.

Cross References

Ezra 10:9

So, in three days all the men from the families of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, {\cf2\super [58]} all the people met together in the temple yard. They were very upset because of the reason for the meeting and because of the heavy rain.

Leviticus 19:18

Forget about the wrong things people do {to you}. Don’t try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord!

Leviticus 19:34

You must treat foreigners the same as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners like you love yourselves. Why? Because you were foreigners one time—in Egypt. I am the Lord your God!

Matthew 10:42

If any person helps one of these little ones because they are my followers, then that person will truly get his reward. That person will get his reward even if he only gave my follower a cup of cold water.”

John 18:18

It was cold, so the servants and guards had built a fire. They were standing around it and warming themselves. Peter was standing with these men.

Acts 27:3

The next day we came to the city of Sidon. Julius was very good to Paul. He gave Paul freedom to go visit his friends. These friends took care of Paul’s needs.

Acts 28:3

Paul gathered a pile of sticks for the fire. Paul was putting the sticks on the fire. A poisonous snake came out because of the heat and bit Paul on the hand.

Acts 28:4

The people living on the island saw the snake hanging from Paul’s hand. They said, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice {\cf2\super [519]} does not want him to live.”

Romans 1:14

I must serve all people—Greeks and non-Greeks, wise people and foolish people.

Romans 14:1

Don’t refuse to accept into your group a person that is weak in faith. And don’t argue with that person about his different ideas.

Romans 14:3

The person that knows that he can eat any kind of food must not feel that he is better than the person that eats only vegetables. And the person that eats only vegetables must not decide that the person that eats all foods is wrong. God has accepted that person.

Romans 2:27

You Jews have the written law and circumcision, but you break the law. So the people that are not circumcised in their bodies, but still obey the law, will show that you people are guilty.

1 Corinthians 14:11

So if I don’t understand the meaning of what a person says to me, then I think that he talks strange, and he thinks that I talk strange.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. Many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.

Colossians 3:11

In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews. There is no difference between people that are circumcised {\cf2\super [16]} and people that are not circumcised, or people that are from some foreign country, or Scythians. {\cf2\super [17]} There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all those believers. And Christ is all that is important.

Hebrews 13:2

Always remember to help people by accepting them into your home. Some people have done that and have helped angels without knowing it.