Acts 28:2
The native people offered to us not just ordinary kindness, but they lit a fire and welcomed us all, because of the constant rain and cold.
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1When we were brought safely through, we learned that the island was called Malta.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:34The foreigner who lives with you must be to you like the native-born Israelite who lives among you, and you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are being taken away to death 1 and hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter. 1
Luke 10:30Jesus answered him and said, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. He fell among robbers, who stripped him of his belongings, and beat him, and left him half dead.
Acts 27:3The next day we landed at the city of Sidon, where Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.
Romans 1:14I am a debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.
Romans 2:27And will not the one who is naturally uncircumcised condemn you if he keeps the law? This is because you have the written law and circumcision, yet you break the law!
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 →