Acts 28 (NET)

Acts 28:1¹After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:26Acts 27:44Acts 27:39Acts 16:10

Acts 28:2²The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:11Heb 13:2Rom 1:142 Cor 11:27Acts 28:41 Cor 14:11Matt 10:42Prov 24:11-12Acts 27:3Lev 19:34

Acts 28:3³When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 23:33Matt 12:342 Cor 11:23Acts 28:42 Cor 6:9Isa 30:6Isa 41:24Isa 59:5Job 20:16Matt 3:7

Acts 28:4⁴When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 13:2Luke 13:4Acts 28:2Acts 28:5John 7:24Isa 43:20John 9:1-2Matt 23:35Gen 3:1Gen 4:8-11

Acts 28:5⁵However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 10:19Mark 16:18Ps 91:13Num 21:6-9Rev 9:3-4John 3:14-15Rom 16:20

Acts 28:6⁶But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:22Acts 14:11-13Matt 21:9

Acts 28:7⁷Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:40-41Acts 13:7Acts 18:12Acts 23:24Acts 28:2Luke 19:6-9

Acts 28:8⁸The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:40Mark 6:5Jas 5:14-16Matt 9:18Mark 16:18Matt 10:81 Cor 12:281 Cor 12:9Acts 19:11-12Luke 13:13

Acts 28:9⁹After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:12Acts 5:15Mark 6:54-56Matt 4:24

Acts 28:10¹⁰They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:6Matt 6:31-34Phil 4:11-12Phil 4:191 Tim 5:17-181 Tim 5:3-42 Cor 8:2-62 Cor 9:5-112 Kgs 8:9Ezra 7:27

Acts 28:11¹¹After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the “Heavenly Twins” as its figurehead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:61 Cor 8:4Isa 45:20Acts 6:9Jonah 1:16Jonah 1:5

Acts 28:12¹²We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 28:13¹³From there we cast off and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:13

Acts 28:14¹⁴There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:1Acts 20:6Acts 21:4Acts 21:7-8Gen 7:4Gen 8:10-12Acts 9:42-43John 21:23Matt 10:11Ps 119:63

Acts 28:15¹⁵The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 13:3Rom 15:241 Cor 12:21-221 Sam 30:63 John 1:6-8Acts 10:25Acts 21:5Exod 4:14Gal 4:14John 12:13

Acts 28:16¹⁶When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:3Acts 24:23Acts 28:30-31Rom 1:7-152 Kgs 25:8Acts 18:2Acts 19:21Acts 2:10Acts 23:11Acts 27:31

Acts 28:17¹⁷After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:8Acts 6:14Acts 25:10Acts 21:33-40Acts 22:5Acts 24:10-16Acts 23:1-11Acts 25:2Gen 40:15

Acts 28:18¹⁸When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:31-32Acts 23:29Acts 22:24-25Acts 22:30Acts 24:10Acts 24:22Acts 25:7-8

Acts 28:19¹⁹But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar —not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:32Acts 25:10-12Acts 25:21Acts 25:251 Pet 2:22-23

Acts 28:20²⁰So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:9Acts 26:6-7Eph 6:20Acts 26:29Phil 1:13Acts 21:33Acts 23:6Acts 24:15Eph 3:1Eph 4:1

Acts 28:21²¹They replied, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:11Isa 50:8Isa 54:17Acts 22:5Exod 11:7

Acts 28:22²²But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:12Acts 24:141 Pet 3:161 Pet 4:14-16Acts 16:20-21Acts 17:6-7Acts 24:5-61 Cor 11:19Acts 15:5Acts 26:5

Acts 28:23²³They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 17:2-3Acts 19:8Acts 18:28Acts 26:22-23Luke 24:26-27Acts 26:6Acts 8:35Luke 24:44Acts 18:4Acts 20:9-11

Acts 28:24²⁴Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 14:4Acts 17:4-5Acts 19:8-9Acts 18:6-8Rom 3:3Acts 13:48-50Rom 11:4-6

Acts 28:25²⁵So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet IsaiahCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:72 Pet 1:21Mark 7:6

Acts 28:26²⁶when he said, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 6:9-10Ezek 12:2Isa 42:19-20Matt 13:14-15Mark 4:122 Cor 4:4-6Luke 24:45John 12:38-40Rom 11:8-10Jer 5:21

Acts 28:27²⁷For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 6:10

Acts 28:28²⁸“Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 2:30-32Acts 26:17-18Rom 3:29-30Luke 3:6Rom 15:8-16Acts 11:18Acts 13:46-47Acts 14:27Acts 15:14Acts 15:17

Acts 28:30³⁰Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 28:31³¹proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:29Eph 6:19-20Acts 28:23Matt 4:232 Tim 4:17Acts 20:25Acts 8:12Phil 1:14Acts 4:31Acts 5:42