Acts 28

Treated in 9 passages across the library.

  • 28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers, 4
  • 28:27 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them. 3
  • 28:3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 2
  • 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live. 2
  • 28:10 who also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board such things as we needed. 2
  • 28:26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 2
  • 28:2 And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. 1
  • 28:5 Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm. 1
  • 28:6 But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. 1
  • 28:7 Now 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. 1
  • 28:8 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. 1
  • 28:9 And when this was done, the rest also that had diseases in the island came, and were cured: 1

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  1. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of the Holy Spirit and the Distinction Between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit cites Acts 28:25-27

    …Old Testament thought. (1) A striking illustration of this is found in Isaiah 6:8-10; cf. Acts 28:25-27. In Isaiah 6:8-10, we read: "And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, whom shall I send…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Acts 28: 3

    …r, which leaped on Paul’s hand, thought to have hurt Paul, but fell into the fire itself. Acts 28: 3. So, while the envious man thinks to hurt another, he destroys himself. (2) By laying vio…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Acts 28: 4

    …he barbarians saw the viper on Paul’s hand, they said, ‘No doubt this man is a murderer.’ Acts 28: 4. So, when we see the viper of affliction fasten upon the godly, we are apt to censure the…

  4. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Seventh Stage cites Acts 28:10

    … strong, for the women and the men, and so laded them with such things as were necessary. Acts 28:10. Then they set forward on their way; and their friends accompanying them so far as was co…

  5. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Inspiration, or to What Extent Is the Bible Inspired of God? cites Acts 28:25

    …e testimony of the Holy Ghost, that the Holy Ghost was the real speaker. Again we read in Acts 28:25, 26 that Paul said, "Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet, unto your fat…

  6. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Work of the Holy Spirit in Prophets and Apostles cites Acts 28:25

    …ord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds.” We read again in Acts 28:25, “And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: ' Th…

  7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Faith cites Acts 28:27

    …ars, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.” (Acts 28:27.) Yet it is not our part to pass sentence upon them, but to leave them to their own Maste…

  8. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of the Holy Spirit cites Acts 28:25-27

    …w and is so rendered in the American Standard Version) whom Isaiah saw and who speaks. In Acts 28:25-27, and disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: “The …

  9. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    The Scriptural Knowledge Institution cites Acts xxviii. 2-10

    …s warranted to refuse their contributions, if they of their own accord should offer them. Acts xxviii. 2-10. 4. We reject altogether the help of unbelievers in managing or carrying on the affairs o…