ACTS 28:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:”
When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. - The singular healing becomes plural: 'the rest of the sick on the island' (hoi loipoi tōn peri tēn nēson asthenē, hoi loipoi tōn peri tēn nēson asthenē-'the remaining sick in the vicinity of the island') come and 'were cured' (therapeuō, therapeuō-'healed'). Paul's power extends beyond Publius's household to the whole island. Luke shows the gospel spreading through signs and wonders, just as it did in Jerusalem and the provinces.
Church Fathers on Acts 28:9
fastened on his hand. 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 has escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffers not to live. Acts 28:4 Well also was this permitted, that they should both see the thing and utter the thought, in order that, when the result ensued, there might be no disbelieving the miracle. Observe their good feeling (towards the distressed), in saying this (not…
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