Acts 28:8

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

6So the people watched Paul carefully. They thought that his body would become very sick. They thought that he might die suddenly. They waited for a long time. But they did not see anything bad happen to Paul. So then they thought something different about Paul. They said, ‘This man is certainly a god!’ 7There was an important officer who ruled the island. He was called Publius. He had some fields near to the shore where we had made the fire. He was very kind to us. He asked us to stay in his house. We stayed there for three days. Publius's father was lying in bed because he was ill. His body was hot and he was very sick. Paul went into his room to see him. Paul prayed for him and he put his hands on the man's head. As a result, the man became well again. 9After Paul did this, the other sick people on the island came to him. He caused them also to become well again. 10The people gave us many gifts. Later, we got ready to leave the island on another ship. They gave us the things that we needed for the journey.

Acts 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• it came to passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• that the fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that the fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• of PubliusΠόπλιοςPoplios · PubliusG4196
• layκατάκειμαιkatakeimai · to reclineG2621
• sickσυνέχωsunechō · to hold/oppressG4912
• of a feverπυρετόςpuretos · feverG4446
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• of a bloody fluxδυσεντερίαdusenteria · dysenteryG1420
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• entered inεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• prayedπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• and laidἐπιτίθημιepitithēmi · to put/lay onG2007
• his handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• on himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• and healedἰάομαιiaomai · to healG2390

Cross-references for Acts 28:8

• Mark 1:30The mother of Simon's wife was ill in bed. Her body was very hot. Immediately, Simon and Andrew told Jesus about her.
• Acts 9:40Peter sent all these women out of the room. He went down on his knees and he prayed to God. Then he turned his head towards the dead woman and he said, ‘Tabitha, stand up!’ She opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up.
• 1 Kings 17:20Then Elijah prayed to the Lord, ‘Lord, my God! Why have you caused such bad trouble to happen to this kind widow? I came to stay with her and now you have killed her son!’
• James 5:14Is anyone ill? They should ask the leaders of the church to come and to pray for them. The leaders should put some olive oil on the sick person. They should pray for him with the authority of the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 9:17So Ananias went to Judas's house and he went inside. He put his hands on Saul and he said to him, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus himself has sent me here to you. It was Jesus that you saw on the road when you were coming here to Damascus. He has sent me to you so that you will be able to see again. God will also fill you with his Holy Spirit.’
• Acts 19:11God was helping Paul to do special miracles.
• Matthew 9:18While Jesus was saying these things to the people, a leader at the Jewish meeting place came to him. The man went down on his knees in front of Jesus and said to him, ‘My daughter has just died. Come to my house. Put your hand on her and then she will live again.’
• Mark 6:5Jesus could not do any powerful miracles in his own town. But he did put his hands on a few sick people and he made them well.
• Mark 7:32Some people brought a man to Jesus. This man could not hear anything and he could not speak clearly. The people asked Jesus to put his hand on the man.
• Mark 16:18If they pick up a snake, it will not hurt them. If they drink poison, it will not hurt them. They will put their hands on ill people, and God will make those people well.’
• Luke 4:40When the sun was going down, people in the town brought to Jesus all those people who were ill. They had many different kinds of illness. Jesus put his hands on each ill person and they became well again.
• Luke 13:13He put his hands on her and immediately she could stand up straight. She praised God.
• Matthew 10:1One day, Jesus asked his 12 disciples to come to him. He gave them authority over bad spirits so that they could send the spirits out of people. They could also make sick people well again from every kind of illness.
• Luke 9:1Jesus asked his 12 apostles to come to him. He gave them power and authority. They could make sick people well. They could also send bad spirits out of people.
• Luke 10:8The people may accept you well when you go into a town. Then eat the food that those people give to you.
• 1 Corinthians 12:9The same Spirit causes other people to trust God strongly. He gives to other people gifts to make sick people well.

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

Topics related to Acts 28:8

• Dysentery
• Fever
• Melita (Malta)
• Minister, Christian
• Miracles
• Paul
• Publius

In the dictionaries

• Paul
• Paul, Saul
• Bloody Flux
• Attain
• Compass
• Concern
• Confidence
• Constrain
• Escape
• Fever

Commentaries on Acts 28

• 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