Acts 28
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 28:2-4

21The 2nativesG915 showedG3930 us extraordinaryG5177 kindnessG5363; for becauseG1223 of the rainG5205 that had setG2186 in and becauseG1223 of the coldG5592, they kindledG681 a fireG4443 and 3receivedG4355 us allG3956.

3But when PaulG3972 had gatheredG4962 a bundleG4128 of sticksG5434 and laidG2007 them on the fireG4443, a viperG2191 cameG1831 out 4becauseG575 of the heatG2329 and fastenedG2510 itself on his handG5495.

4WhenG5613 5the 6nativesG915 sawG3708 the creatureG2342 hangingG2910 from his handG5495, they began sayingG3004 to oneG240 anotherG240, “7UndoubtedlyG3843 thisG3778 manG444 is a murdererG5406, and though he has been savedG1295 from the seaG2281, 8justiceG1349 has not allowedG1439 him to liveG2198.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 28:2 Acts 28:4; Rom 1:14; 1 Cor 14:11; Col 3:11 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 28:2 Lit barbarians ↩
  3. 3. Acts 28:2 Rom 14:1 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 28:3 Or from the heat ↩
  5. 5. Acts 28:4 Acts 28:2 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 28:4 Lit barbarians ↩
  7. 7. Acts 28:4 Luke 13:2, 4 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 28:4 Or Justice, i.e. the personification of a goddess ↩

Commentaries on Acts 28

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