American Standard Version
Acts 28:8
8And it was so, that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him healed him.
Acts 28:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him, healed him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him.
Context of Acts 28:8
6But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. 7Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius; who received us, and entertained us three days courteously. And it was so, that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him healed him. 9And when this was done, the rest also that had diseases in the island came, and were cured: 10who also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board such things as we needed.
Read all of Acts 28Acts 28:8 word by word
Ἐγένετο δὲ τὸν πατέρα τοῦ Ποπλίου πυρετοῖς καὶ δυσεντερίῳ συνεχόμενον κατακεῖσθαι· πρὸς ὃν ὁ Παῦλος εἰσελθὼν καὶ προσευξάμενος, ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῷ, ἰάσατο αὐτόν.¶Read the interlinear
- fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- PubliusΠόπλιοςPoplios · PubliusG4196
- feverπυρετόςpuretos · feverG4446
- PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
- enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
- prayedπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
- layingἐπιτίθημιepitithēmi · to put/lay onG2007
- handsχείρcheir · handG5495
- healedἰάομαιiaomai · to healG2390
Cross-references for Acts 28:8
- Mark 1:30Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:
- Acts 9:40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- 1 Kings 17:20And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
- James 5:14Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
- Acts 9:17And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 19:11And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
- Matthew 9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
- Mark 6:5And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Mark 7:32And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
- Mark 16:18they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- Luke 4:40And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- Luke 13:13And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
- Matthew 10:1And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
- Luke 9:1And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
- Luke 10:8And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
- 1 Corinthians 12:9to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit;
Commentaries on Acts 28:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The father of Publius lay sick - ͅ ; Of a fever and dysentery; perhaps a cholera morbus. Paul - prayed - That God would exert his power; and laid his hands on him, as the means which God ordinarily used to convey the energy of the Holy Spirit, and healed him; God having conveyed the healing power by this means. In such a disorder as that mentioned here by St. Luke, where the bowels were in a state of inflammation, and a general fever aiding the dysentery…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8A bloody flux - Greek: dysentery. And laid his hands on him - In accordance with the promise of the Saviour, Mark 16:18. This miracle was a suitable return for the hospitality of Publius, and would serve to conciliate further the kindness of the people, and prepare the way for Paul‘s usefulness.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Compare with Luke 4:38–40.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. possessions of the chief man--"the first man." of the island--He would hardly be so styled in the lifetime of his father, if his distinction was that of the family. But it is now ascertained that this was the proper official title of the Maltese representative of the Roman prætor to Sicily, to whose province Malta belonged; two inscriptions having been discovered in the island, one in Greek, the other in Latin, containing the same words which Luke…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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