Acts 28:2 “The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire an…”

Acts 28:2

The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire and received us all, because of the present rain and because of the cold.

American Standard Version

And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Barbarians shewed vs no litle kindnesse: for they kindled a fire, and receiued vs euery one, because of the present showre, and because of the colde.

Darby Translation

But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

Young's Literal Translation

and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because of the cold;

Bible in Basic English

And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

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Cross references

“barbarous”

Romans 1:14 Colossians 3:11 Acts 28:4 1 Corinthians 14:11

Romans 1:14 · BSB

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

Colossians 3:11 · BSB

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

Acts 28:4 · BSB

When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

1 Corinthians 14:11 · BSB

If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

“shewed”

Hebrews 13:2 Matthew 10:42 Acts 27:3 Leviticus 19:34 Leviticus 19:18 Luke 10:30–37

Hebrews 13:2 · BSB

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Matthew 10:42 · BSB

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

Acts 27:3 · BSB

The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

Leviticus 19:34 · BSB

You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:18 · BSB

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Luke 10:30–37 · BSB

Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

“because”

2 Corinthians 11:27 Ezra 10:9 John 18:18

2 Corinthians 11:27 · BSB

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Ezra 10:9 · BSB

So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and b…

John 18:18 · BSB

Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

3Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

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