Acts 28:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They were expecting him to swell up or drop dead, but after they had waited a long time and saw that nothing unusual had happened to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.

Cross References

Matthew 21:9

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

Matthew 27:22

Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” All of them said, “Let him be crucified!”

Acts 12:22

The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a mortal!”

Acts 28:7

Now in the vicinity of that place were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

Acts 8:10

All of them, from the least to the greatest, listened to him eagerly, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.”