And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
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.
barbarous.
Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, …
Romans 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the …
1 Corinthians 14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him …
Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, …
shewed.
Acts 27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul…
Leviticus 19:18,34 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of …
Proverbs 24:11,12 If you forbear to deliver them that are drawn to death, and those …
Matthew 10:42 And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup …
Luke 10:30-37 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem …
Romans 2:14,15,27 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things …
Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained …
because.
Ezra 10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together …
John 18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of …
2 Corinthians 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, …
And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
came.
Job 20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and …
Isaiah 41:24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing: an abomination …
Isaiah 59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that …
Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, …
Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? …
Matthew 23:33 You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation …
fastened.
Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, …
Amos 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into …
2 Corinthians 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as …
2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors …
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
barbarians.
Acts 28:2 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled …
beast.
Acts 28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which …
Isaiah 13:21,22 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall …
Isaiah 43:20 The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: …
Zephaniah 2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelled carelessly, that said in …
No doubt.
Luke 13:2,4 And Jesus answering said to them, Suppose you that these Galilaeans …
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John 9:1,2 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth…
a murderer.
Genesis 4:8-11 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when …
Genesis 9:5,6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of …
Genesis 42:21,22 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our …
Numbers 35:31-34 Moreover you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, …
Proverbs 28:17 A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to …
Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants …
Matthew 23:35 That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth…
Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, …
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
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.
the father.
Mark 1:30,31 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and immediately they …
prayed.
Acts 9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning …
1 Kings 17:20-22 And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have you also …
James 5:14-16 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; …
laid.
Acts 9:17,18 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting …
Acts 19:11,12 And God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul…
Matthew 9:18 While he spoke these things to them, behold, there came a certain …
Mark 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands …
Mark 7:32 And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in …
Mark 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, …
Luke 4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers …
Luke 13:13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, …
and healed.
Matthew 10:1,8 And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them …
Luke 9:1-3 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power …
Luke 10:8,9 And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such …
1 Corinthians 12:9,28 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing …
So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
honoured.
Matthew 15:5,6 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is …
1 Thessalonians 2:6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when …
1 Timothy 5:3,4,17,18 Honor widows that are widows indeed…
laded.
2 Kings 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of …
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing …
Matthew 6:31-34 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall …
Matthew 10:8-10 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: …
2 Corinthians 8:2-6 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy …
2 Corinthians 9:5-11 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they …
Philippians 4:11,12,19 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever …
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
we found.
Acts 9:42,43 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord…
Acts 19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having …
Acts 21:4,7,8 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul …
Psalm 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.
Matthew 10:11 And into whatever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it …
and were.
Acts 20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, …
Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain on the earth forty …
Genesis 8:10-12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove …
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
when.
Acts 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his …
Acts 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our …
Exodus 4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, …
John 12:13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna…
Romans 15:24 Whenever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I …
Galatians 4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh you despised not, nor rejected; …
Hebrews 13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which …
3 John 1:6-8 Which have borne witness of your charity before the church: whom …
Appii forum. Appii Forum, now Borgo Longo, was an ancient city of the Volsci, fifty miles S. of Rome.
The three taverns. The Three Taverns was a place in the Appian Way, thirty miles from Rome.
he thanked.
Joshua 1:6,7,9 Be strong and of a good courage: for to this people shall you divide …
1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning …
Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your …
1 Corinthians 12:21,22 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor again …
2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, …
2 Corinthians 7:5-7 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but …
1 Thessalonians 3:7 Therefore, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our affliction …
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Rome. Rome, the capital of Italy, and once of the whole world, is situated on the banks of the Tiber, about sixteen miles from the sea;
Acts 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about …
Acts 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come …
Acts 19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when …
Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good …
Romans 1:7-15 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace …
Romans 15:22-29 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you…
Revelation 17:9,18 And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven …
the centurion.
Acts 27:3,31,43 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul…
captain.
Genesis 37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of …
2 Kings 25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is …
Jeremiah 40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The …
but.
Acts 28:30,31 And Paul dwelled two whole years in his own hired house, and received …
Acts 24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty…
Acts 27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul…
Genesis 39:21-23 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him …
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
though.
Acts 23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brothers, …
Acts 24:10-16 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered…
Acts 25:8,10 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, …
Genesis 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and …
was.
Acts 21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him …
Acts 23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, …
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Acts 22:24,25,30 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and …
Acts 24:10,22 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered…
Acts 25:7,8 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood …
Acts 26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, …
But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
I was.
Acts 25:10-12,21,25 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought …
Acts 26:32 Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, …
not.
Romans 12:19-21 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath: …
1 Peter 2:22,23 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth…
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
this cause.
Acts 28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief …
Acts 10:29,33 Therefore came I to you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent …
for the.
Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the …
Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that …
See on
Acts 26:6,7 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of …
this chain. That is, the chain with which he was bound to the 'soldier that kept him;' (ver.
Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to …
Acts 26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all that …
Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk …
Ephesians 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, …
Philippians 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in …
Colossians 4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace …
2 Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, …
2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even to bonds; but the …
And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
for.
Acts 16:20,21 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, …
Acts 17:6,7 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brothers …
Acts 24:5,6,14 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition …
Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this …
1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas …
1 Peter 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as …
1 Peter 4:14-16 If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the …
sect.
Acts 5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which …
Acts 15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, …
Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after …
1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved …
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
there came.
Philemon 1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and …
he expounded.
Acts 17:2,3 And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and three sabbath days …
Acts 18:4,28 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the …
Acts 19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of …
Acts 26:22,23 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue to this day, witnessing …
both. See on ch.
Acts 26:6,22 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of …
Luke 24:26,27,44 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory…
from.
Acts 20:9-11 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being …
John 4:34 Jesus said to them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, …
And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Go.
Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand …
Ezekiel 12:2 Son of man, you dwell in the middle of a rebellious house, which …
Matthew 13:14,15 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which said, By hearing …
Mark 4:12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may …
Luke 8:10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom …
John 12:38-40 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he …
Romans 11:8-10 (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, …
Hearing.
Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the LORD has not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to …
Psalm 81:11,12 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me…
Isaiah 29:10,14 For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and …
Isaiah 42:19,20 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? …
Isaiah 66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on …
Jeremiah 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which …
Ezekiel 3:6,7 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose …
Ezekiel 12:2 Son of man, you dwell in the middle of a rebellious house, which …
Mark 8:17,18 And when Jesus knew it, he said to them, Why reason you, because …
Luke 24:25,45 Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that …
2 Corinthians 4:4-6 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which …
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
it known.
Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and …
Acts 4:10 Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by …
Acts 13:38 Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this …
Ezekiel 36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, said the Lord GOD, be it known to you: …
the salvation.
Psalm 98:2,3 The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly …
Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to …
Isaiah 52:10 The LORD has made bore his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; …
Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation …
Luke 2:30-32 For my eyes have seen your salvation…
Luke 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
sent.
Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified …
Acts 13:46,47 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that …
Acts 14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they …
Acts 15:14,17 Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, …
Acts 18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, …
Acts 22:21 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:17,18 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you…
Matthew 21:41-43 They say to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and …
Romans 3:29,30 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, …
Romans 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness …
Romans 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: …
Romans 15:8-16 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for …
And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Cir. A.M.
Acts 28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into …
Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the …
Acts 20:25 And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching …
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and …
Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching …
Luke 8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village…
and teaching.
Acts 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach …
Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good …
with.
Acts 4:29,31 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to your servants, …
Ephesians 6:19,20 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my …
Philippians 1:14 And many of the brothers in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, …
Colossians 4:3,4 With praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, …
2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that …
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an authentic and inspired production, it bears the most satisfactory internal evidence of its authenticity and truth. Luke's long attendance upon Paul, and his having been an eyewitness of many of the facts which he has recorded, independently of his Divine inspiration, render him a most suitable and credible historian; and his medical knowledge, for he is allowed to have been a physician, enabled him both to form a proper judgment of the miraculous cures which were performed by Paul, and to give an authentic and circumstantial detail of them. The plainness and simplicity of the narrative are also strong circumstances in its favour. The history of the Acts is one of the most important parts of the Sacred History, for without it neither the Gospels nor Epistles could have been so clearly understood; but by the aid of it the whole scheme of the Christian revelation is set before us in a clear and easy view.
