Acts 28:2

Good News Translation

The natives there were very friendly to us. It had started to rain and was cold, so they built a fire and made us all welcome.

Cross References

Ezra 10:9

Within the three days, on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the men living in the territory of Judah and Benjamin came to Jerusalem and assembled in the Temple square. It was raining hard, and because of the weather and the importance of the meeting everyone was trembling.

Leviticus 19:18

Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

Treat them as you would an Israelite, and love them as you love yourselves. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 10:42

You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward.”

John 18:18

It was cold, so the servants and guards had built a charcoal fire and were standing around it, warming themselves. So Peter went over and stood with them, warming himself.

Acts 27:3

The next day we arrived at Sidon. Julius was kind to Paul and allowed him to go and see his friends, to be given what he needed.

Acts 28:3

Paul gathered up a bundle of sticks and was putting them on the fire when a snake came out on account of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.

Acts 28:4

The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul's hand and said to one another, “This man must be a murderer, but Fate will not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea.”

Romans 1:14

For I have an obligation to all peoples, to the civilized and to the savage, to the educated and to the ignorant.

Romans 14:1

Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with them about their personal opinions.

Romans 14:3

The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person.

Romans 2:27

And so you Jews will be condemned by the Gentiles because you break the Law, even though you have it written down and are circumcised; but they obey the Law, even though they are not physically circumcised.

1 Corinthians 14:11

But if I do not know the language being spoken, those who use it will be foreigners to me and I will be a foreigner to them.

2 Corinthians 11:27

There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.

Colossians 3:11

As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.

Hebrews 13:2

Remember to welcome strangers in your homes. There were some who did that and welcomed angels without knowing it.