Catholic Public Domain Version
"For they refreshed us all by kindling a fire, because rain was imminent and because of the cold. "
— Acts 28:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. ”
“The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.”
“The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.”
“For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold.”
“And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.”
“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.”
And after we had escaped, we then realized that the island was called Malta. Yet truly, the natives offered us no small amount of humane treatment.
For they refreshed us all by kindling a fire, because rain was imminent and because of the cold.
But when Paul had gathered together a bundle of twigs, and had placed them on the fire, a viper, which had been drawn to the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
And truly, when the natives saw the beast hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another: “Certainly, this man must be a murderer, for though he escaped from the sea, vengeance will not permit him to live.”
But shaking off the creature into the fire, he indeed suffered no ill effects.