Acts 28:2

And the natives were showing not the ordinary kindness to us for, because of the geshem (rain) that had set in and because of the cold, they lit a hadlakah (bonfire).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And having been brought safely through, we then found out that the island is called Malta.

3And when Rav Sha'ul gathered some brushwood and placed the sticks on the hadlakah (bonfire), a nachash (serpent) from the heat came out and fastened onto Rav Sha'ulʼs hand.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:34But the ger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim: I am Hashem Eloheichem.

Proverbs 24:11Save those who are drawn away toward mavet, 1 and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter. 1

Luke 10:30In reply, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said, A certain ish was coming down from Yerushalayim to Yericho, and he encountered shodedim. They stripped him and inflicted a klap, more than one, and they went away and left him half dead.

Acts 27:3The next day, we put in at a harbor in Tzidon; and Julius treated Rav Sha'ul with kindness, permitting him to be cared for by his chaverim.

Romans 1:14I am meshubad (obligated) morally, under shiebud (obligation), to both cultured Greek-speakers and non-Greek-speaking barbarians, both the learned and the untutored.

Romans 2:27And the naturally uncircumcised ben Adam who has mishma'at (obedience) to the Torah + 2:27 T.N. Ro 2:15 will arise as a judgment on you. You! The very one who through chumra (stringency, strict adherence to the letter of the law) and circumcision + 2:27 i.e., uncircumcision, see Ro 2:25 are the transgressor + 2:27 Ro 7:22-23; Yn 7:19 of Torah!

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 →

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