So within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the plaza before the House of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rain.
Acts 28:2 - Tree of Life Version The natives showed us unusual kindness. Because it had started raining and it was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed us all. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the natives showed us unusual and remarkable kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed and received us all, since it had begun to rain and was cold. American Standard Version (1901) And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. Common English Bible The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. Because it was rainy and cold, they built a fire and welcomed all of us. Catholic Public Domain Version For they refreshed us all by kindling a fire, because rain was imminent and because of the cold. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain, and of the cold. |
So within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the plaza before the House of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rain.
You are not to take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am Adonai.
The outsider dwelling among you should be to you as the native-born among you. You should love him as yourself—for you dwelled as outsiders in the land of Egypt. I am Adonai your God.
And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, amen I tell you, he shall never lose his reward.”
The servants and officers were standing around a fire they had made, because it was cold and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
The next day we set down at Sidon. Julius, treating Paul kindly, let him go to his friends to receive care.
But when Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and placed it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.
When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
I have an obligation to both Greeks and barbarians, to both the wise and the foolish.
Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of disputes about opinions.
Don’t let the one who eats disparage the one who does not eat, and don’t let the one who does not eat judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
Indeed, the one not circumcised physically who fulfills the Torah will judge you who—even with the written code and circumcision—break the Torah.
If then I do not understand the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
Here there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, savage, slave and free; but Messiah is all, and in all.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers—for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.