Acts 28:8

World English Bible (2000)

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.

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  • Acts 9:40 : 40 Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • Mark 6:5 : 5 He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
  • Matt 9:18 : 18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
  • Matt 10:1 : 1 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
  • Matt 10:8 : 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
  • Mark 1:30-31 : 30 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.
  • Mark 5:23 : 23 and begged him much, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."
  • Acts 19:11-12 : 11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.
  • 1 Cor 12:9 : 9 to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;
  • 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
  • Jas 5:14-16 : 14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, 15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
  • Mark 7:32 : 32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
  • Mark 16:18 : 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
  • Luke 4:40 : 40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
  • Luke 9:1-3 : 1 He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 2 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 3 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
  • Luke 10:8-9 : 8 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
  • Luke 13:13 : 13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
  • Acts 9:17-18 : 17 Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 18 Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
  • 1 Kgs 17:20-22 : 20 He cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I stay, by killing her son?" 21 He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again." 22 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

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    9Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.

    10They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.

  • Acts 28:5-7
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    5However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.

    6But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

    7Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.

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    11God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

    12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.

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    8At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

    9He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

    10said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" He leaped up and walked.

  • Luke 4:38-40
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    38He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.

    39He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.

    40When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

  • Matt 8:14-17
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    14When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.

    15He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

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    32It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

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    30Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

    31He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.

  • Acts 5:15-16
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    15They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.

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  • Acts 28:3
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    3But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

  • Matt 8:5-6
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    5When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

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    55and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.

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    10For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

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    7For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

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    18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

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    18as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.

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    3The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

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    23and begged him much, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."

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    52So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him."

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    15and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

  • Mark 2:3
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    3Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.

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    15But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

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    24The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

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    14where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

    15From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.

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    6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

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    17It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

  • Acts 16:3
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    3Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

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    5When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

  • Acts 13:3
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    3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.