Verse 4
Acts 28:4
Geneva Bible
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Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.
Original Language Text
greek
ὡς δὲ εἶδον οἱ βάρβαροι κρεμάμενον τὸ θηρίον ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, ⸂πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἔλεγον⸃· Πάντως φονεύς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος ὃν διασωθέντα ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ δίκη ζῆν οὐκ εἴασεν.
English Translation
When the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another: "This man is certainly a murderer, whom justice has not allowed to live after he was rescued from the sea."
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Chapter 28 Context
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And when they were come safe, then they knewe that the Yle was called Melita.
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And the Barbarians shewed vs no litle kindnesse: for they kindled a fire, and receiued vs euery one,...
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And when Paul had gathered a nomber of stickes, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of...
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Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely...
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But he shooke off the worme into the fire, and felt no harme.
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Howbeit they wayted whe he should haue swolne, or fallen downe dead suddenly: but after they had loo...
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In the same quarters, the chiefe man of the Yle (whose name was Publius) had possessions: the same r...
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And so it was, that the father of Publius lay sicke of the feauer, and of a bloodie flixe: to whom P...
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When this then was done, other also in the Yle, which had diseases, came to him, and were healed,
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Which also did vs great honour: and when we departed, they laded vs with things necessarie.
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Nowe after three moneths we departed in a shippe of Alexandria, which had wintred in the Yle, whose...
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And when we arriued at Syracuse, we taried there three dayes.
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And from thence we set a compasse, and came to Rhegium: and after one day, the South wind blewe, and...
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Where we found brethren, and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes, and so we went toward Rome.
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And from thence, when the brethren heard of vs, they came to meete vs at the Market of Appius, and a...
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So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul wa...
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And the third day after, Paul called the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he s...
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Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.
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But when the Iewes spake contrary, I was constrained to appeale vnto Cesar, not because I had ought...
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For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that hope of...
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Then they saide vnto him, We neither receiued letters out of Iudea concerning thee, neither came any...
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But we will heare of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we knowe that euery where...
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And when they had appointed him a day, there came many vnto him into his lodging, to whom he expound...
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And some were persuaded with ye things which were spoken, and some beleeued not.
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Therefore when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word,...
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Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seei...
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For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eye...
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Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God (Elohim) is sent to the Gentiles, and th...
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And when he had saide these things, the Iewes departed, and had great reasoning among themselues.
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And Paul remained two yeeres full in an house hired for himselfe, and receiued all that came in vnto...
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Preaching the kingdome of God (Elohim), and teaching those things which concerne the Lord Iesus Chri...
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