Acts 28:8

And it befell, that the father of Publius lay travailed with fevers and bloody flux (or dysentery). To whom Paul entered, and when he had prayed, and laid his hands on him, he healed him.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

In Context

7And in those places were manors [or fields] of the prince of the isle, Publius by name, which received us by three days benignly [or with good will], and ‘found’ us.

9And when this thing was done, all that in the isle had sicknesses came (or all those on the island who had sicknesses came), and were healed [or were cured].

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:20And he cried to the Lord, and said, My Lord God, whether thou hast tormented also the widow (or hast thou tormented this widow), with whom I am sustained in all manner, (so) that thou killedest her son?

Matthew 10:1And when his twelve disciples were called together, he gave to them power of unclean spirits (or he gave to them power over unclean spirits), to cast them out of men, and to heal every languor [or all ache], and [all] sickness.

Mark 1:30And the mother of Simon’s wife lay sick in the fevers; and anon they say to him of her (or and at once they told him about her).

Mark 6:5And he might not do there any virtue, save that he healed a few sick men, laying on them his hands. (And he could not do any work of power or miracle there, except that he healed a few sick men, laying his hands on them.)

Mark 16:18they shall do away serpents; and if they drink any venom, [or (any) deadly thing], it shall not annoy (or shall not harm) them. They shall set their hands on sick men, and they shall wax whole, (or They shall put their hands on the sick, and they shall grow whole, or they shall be healed).

Luke 9:1And when the twelve apostles were called together, Jesus gave to them virtue and power on all devils, and that they should heal sicknesses. (And when the twelve apostles were called together, Jesus gave them authority and power over all demons, and so that they could heal sicknesses.)

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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