Acts 28:2
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For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold.

Acts 28:3
And when Paul had gathered together a bundle of sticks and had laid them on the fire, a viper, coming out of the heat, fastened on his hand.

Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.

Romans 1:14
To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor.

Romans 14:1
Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.

Romans 14:3
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not: and he that eateth not, let him not judge him that eateth. For God hath taken him to him.

1 Corinthians 14:11
If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian: and he that speaketh a barbarian to me.

Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all and in all.

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For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold.

barbarous.

Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.

Romans 1:14 To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor.

1 Corinthians 14:11 If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian: and he that speaketh a barbarian to me.

Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all and in all.

shewed.

Acts 27:3 And the day following, we came to Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul courteously, permitted him to go to his friends and to take care of himself.

Leviticus 19:18,34 Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as thyself. I am the Lord. . . .

Proverbs 24:11,12 Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver. . . .

Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you he shall not lose his reward.

Luke 10:30-37 And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead. . . .

Romans 2:14,15,27 For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these, having not the law, are a law to themselves. . . .

Hebrews 13:2 And hospitality do not forget: for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels.

because.

Ezra 10:9 Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain.

John 18:18 Now the servants and ministers stood at a fire of coals, because it was cold, and warmed themselves. And with them was Peter also, standing and warming himself.

2 Corinthians 11:27 In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:

Context
Ashore on Malta
1And when we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita. But the barbarians shewed us no small courtesy. 2For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold. 3And when Paul had gathered together a bundle of sticks and had laid them on the fire, a viper, coming out of the heat, fastened on his hand.…
Lexicon
The
οἵ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

islanders
βάρβαροι (barbaroi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 915: A foreigner, one who speaks neither Greek nor Latin; as adj: foreign. Of uncertain derivation; a foreigner.

showed
παρεῖχον (pareichon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3930: From para and echo; to hold near, i.e. Present, afford, exhibit, furnish occasion.

us
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

extraordinary
τυχοῦσαν (tychousan)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5177: (a) gen: I obtain, (b) absol: I chance, happen; ordinary, everyday, it may chance, perhaps.

kindness.
φιλανθρωπίαν (philanthrōpian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5363: Love of mankind, benevolence. From the same as philanthropos; fondness of mankind, i.e. Benevolence.

They kindled
ἅψαντες (hapsantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 681: To kindle, light. A primary verb; properly, to fasten to, i.e. to set on fire.

a fire
πυρὰν (pyran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4443: A fire, pile of burning fuel. From pur; a fire.

[and] welcomed
προσελάβοντο (proselabonto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4355: (a) I take to myself, (b) I take aside, (c) I welcome. From pros and lambano; to take to oneself, i.e. Use, lead, admit.

all
πάντας (pantas)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

of us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

because [it was]
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

raining
ὑετὸν (hyeton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5205: Rain. From a primary huo; rain, especially a shower.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

cold.
ψῦχος (psychos)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5592: Cold. From psucho; coolness.


Additional Translations
The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

And the natives were showing not just the ordinary kindness to us. For having kindled a fire, they received all of us, because of the rain coming on and because of the cold.

And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

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.

But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

And the barbarians shewed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

The strange-speaking natives showed us remarkable kindness, for they lighted a fire and made us all welcome because of the pelting rain and the cold.

The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because of the cold;
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