Acts 28:6

New English Translation

But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Cross References

Matthew 21:9

The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Matthew 27:22

Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said, “Crucify him!”

Acts 12:22

But the crowd began to shout, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

Acts 28:7

Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.

Acts 8:10

All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”