Acts 28:2

Acts 28:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

Context of Acts 28:2

1Once safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta. The natives showed us unusual kindness. Because it had started raining and it was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed us all. 3But when Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and placed it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. 4When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

Acts 28:2 word by word

οἵ τε βάρβαροι παρεῖχον οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν φιλανθρωπίαν ἡμῖν· ἅψαντες γὰρ πυρὰν προσελάβοντο πάντας ἡμᾶς διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα καὶ διὰ τὸ ψῦχος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the barbarous peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the barbarous peopleβάρβαροςbarbaros · barbarianG915
• shewedπαρέχωparechō · to furnish occasionG3930
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• noοὐou · noG3756
• littleτυγχάνωtugchanō · to obtain/happenG5177
• kindnessφιλανθρωπίαphilanthrōpia · benevolenceG5363
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• they kindledἀνάπτωanaptō · to set fireG381
• a fireπυράpura · fireG4443
• and receivedπροσλαμβάνωproslambanō · to takeG4355
• every oneπᾶςpas · allG3956
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• of the presentἐφίστημιephistēmi · to approachG2186
• rainὑετόςhuetos · rainG5205
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• of the coldψῦχοςpsuchos · coldG5592

Cross-references for Acts 28:2

• Acts 28:4When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
• Romans 1:14I have an obligation to both Greeks and barbarians, to both the wise and the foolish.
• 1 Corinthians 14:11If then I do not understand the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
• Colossians 3:11Here there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, savage, slave and free; but Messiah is all, and in all.
• Acts 27:3The next day we set down at Sidon. Julius, treating Paul kindly, let him go to his friends to receive care.
• Leviticus 19:18You are not to take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am Adonai.
• Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being dragged off to death, hold back those stumbling to slaughter.
• Matthew 10:42And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, amen I tell you, he shall never lose his reward.”
• Luke 10:30Yeshua replied, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. He was attacked by robbers, who stripped him and beat him. Then they left, abandoning him as half dead.
• Romans 2:14For when Gentiles, who do not have the Torah, do by nature the things of the Torah, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the Torah.
• Hebrews 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers—for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
• Ezra 10:9So within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the plaza before the House of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rain.
• John 18:18The servants and officers were standing around a fire they had made, because it was cold and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Commentaries on Acts 28:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The barbarous people - We have already seen that this island was peopled by the Phoenicians, or Carthaginians, as Bochart has proved, Phaleg. chap. xxvi.; and their ancient language was no doubt in use among them at that time, though mingled with some Greek and Latin terms; and this language must have been unintelligible to the Romans and the Greeks. With these, as well as with other nations, it was customary to call those , barbarians, whose language…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And the barbarous people - See the notes on Romans 1:14. The Greeks regarded all as barbarians who did not speak their language, and applied the name to all other nations but their own. It does not denote, as it does sometimes with us, “people of savage, uncultivated, and cruel habits, but simply those whose speech was unintelligible.” See 1 Corinthians 14:11. The island is supposed to have been populated at first by the Phoecians, afterward by the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16The graphic language describing sailing in the story of Paul's journey to Rome provides one of the best accounts of an ancient sea journey. This is the last "we" section in Acts (see also 16:10–17; 20:5–15; 21:1–18). During Paul's two years of imprisonment, Luke probably researched his gospel throughout Judea and Galilee. Here, as part of Paul's sailing group, he had a personal witness of the dangers at sea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. the barbarous people--so called merely as speaking neither the Greek nor the Latin language. They were originally Phoenician colonists. showed us no little--"no ordinary" kindness, for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain--"the rain that was on us"--not now first falling, but then falling heavily. and because of the cold--welcomed us all, drenched and shivering, to these most seasonable marks of friendship. In…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 28:2

• Barbarian
• Hospitality
• Melita (Malta)
• Minister, Christian
• Paul

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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