KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 28:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
WEB World English Bible
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, ‘Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;’
Surrounding context — Acts 28
1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6 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.
7 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὩςG5613 · hōsas/whenδὲG1161 · dethenεἶδονG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoβάρβαροιG915 · barbarosbarbarianκρεμάμενονG2910 · kremaōto hangτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoθηρίονG2342 · thērionwild animalἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoχειρὸςG5495 · cheirhandαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/heπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withἀλλήλουςG240 · allēlōnone anotherἔλεγον·G3004 · legōto sayπάντωςG3843 · pantōssurelyφονεύςG5406 · phoneusmurdererἐστινG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄνθρωποςG444 · anthrōposa humanοὗτος,G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itὃνG3739 · hos, hēwhichδιασωθένταG1295 · diasōzōto saveἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoθαλάσσηςG2281 · thalassaseaἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoδίκηG1349 · dikēcondemnationζῆνG2198 · zaōto liveοὐκG3756 · ounoεἴασεν.¶G1439 · eaōto allow
Cross-references
Luke 13:2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?Luke 13:4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?John 7:24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.Acts 28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.Acts 28:2And 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.John 9:1-2And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.Isaiah 43:20The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Genesis 4:8-11And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.Zephaniah 2:15This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.Genesis 42:21-22And they said one to another, We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.Isaiah 26:21For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.Genesis 9:5-6And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?Numbers 35:31-34Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which [is] guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
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