Acts 28:2
The people there were very kind—they started a fire and called all of us over so we could warm up from the rain and the cold.
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1When we were safely ashore, we discovered that we were on the island of Malta.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:34Treat them in the same way as a fellow citizen, and love them as you love yourself, because you were once foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are being led away to be executed; save those who are stumbling on their way to be slaughtered.
Luke 10:30Jesus replied, saying, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. He was attacked by robbers who stripped him and beat him, and left him for dead.
Acts 27:3The next day we had a brief stop at Sidon, and Julius was kind enough to let Paul go ashore and visit his friends so they could provide what he needed.
Romans 1:14For I have an obligation to work for both the civilized and the uncivilized, both the educated and the uneducated.
Romans 2:27The uncircumcised foreigners who keep the law will condemn you if you break the law, even though you have the written law 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 →