Acts 28:4
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.”
Note Greek Dike; that is, the Greek goddess of justice
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.
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- barbarians
- Acts 28:2
- beast
- Acts 28:5; Genesis 3:1; Isaiah 13:21, 22; Isaiah 43:20; Zephaniah 2:15
- No doubt
- Luke 13:2, 4; John 7:24; John 9:1, 2
- a murderer
- Genesis 4:8–11; Genesis 9:5, 6; Genesis 42:21, 22; Numbers 35:31–34; Proverbs 28:17; Isaiah 26:21; Matthew 23:35; Matthew 27:25; Revelation 21:8