Acts 28:2
And the foreigners presented uncommon kindness to us, for, having kindled a fire, they received us all because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1And after being saved, then they learned that the island was called Malta.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:34The stranger that sojourns with you shall be to you as the home-born among you, and thou shall love him as thyself, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. I am LORD your God.
Proverbs 24:11Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.
Luke 10:30And having replied, Jesus said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And he encountered bandits, who also, having stripped him and having beat him, departed having left him being half dead.
Acts 27:3And on another day we put in at Sidon. And Julius, who treated Paul kindly, allowed him to undergo care, after going to his friends.
Romans 1:14I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
Romans 2:27And the man of natural uncircumcision who fulfills the law, will judge thee, a transgressor of law through a document and circumcision.
Matthew Henry on Acts 28:2-11
Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. 2 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this… Read the whole commentary →