Acts 28:4

The English Standar Version

When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice[2] has not allowed him to live."

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You[1] shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"

Proverbs 28:17

If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death;[2] let no one help him.

Isaiah 26:21

For behold, the LORD is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.

Isaiah 43:20

The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is no one else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

Matthew 23:35

so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[6] whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

Luke 13:2

And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?

Luke 13:4

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?

John 7:24

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."

Acts 28:2

The native people[1] showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

Acts 28:3

When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

Acts 28:5

He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."