Acts 28:6

The Text-Critical English New Testament

The people were expecting that he would soon swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after waiting expectantly for a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

Cross References

Matthew 21:9

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed were crying out, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Matthew 27:22

So Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”

Acts 12:22

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

Acts 28:7

Now in the region around that place were lands that belonged to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and hospitably took care of us as his guests for three days.

Acts 8:10

From the least to the greatest, they paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the great power of God.”