Acts 28:6 - Easy To Read Version

The people thought that Paul would swell up or fall down dead. The people waited and watched Paul for a long time, but nothing bad happened to him. So the people changed their opinion of Paul. They said, “He is a god!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

However, they were waiting, expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead; but when they had watched him a long time and saw nothing fatal or harmful come to him, they changed their minds and kept saying over and over that he was a god.

American Standard Version (1901)

But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Common English Bible

They expected him to swell up with fever or suddenly drop dead. After waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to claim that he was a god.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But they were supposing that he would soon swell up, and then would suddenly fall down and die. But having waited a long time, and seeing no ill effects in him, they changed their minds and were saying that he was a god.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But they supposed that he would begin to swell up, and that he would suddenly fall down and die. But expecting long, and seeing that there came no harm to him, changing their minds, they said, that he was a god.

Acts 28:6 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 21:9

Some of the people were walking ahead of Jesus. Other people were walking behind Jesus. The people shouted,

Matthew 27:22

Pilate asked, “So what should I do with Jesus, the one called the Christ {\cf2\super [428]} ?”

Acts 12:22

The people shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

Acts 28:7

There were some fields around that same area. A very important man on the island owned these fields. His name was Publius. He welcomed us into his home. Publius was very good to us. We stayed in his house for three days.

Acts 8:10

All the people—the least important and the most important—believed the things Simon said. The people said, “This man has the power of God that is called ‘the Great Power’!”