Acts 28:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Acts 28:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 28:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 28:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But 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.”
Acts 28:6 — World English Bible
Acts 28:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. ”
Acts 28:6 — American Standard Version
Acts 28:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting <FI>it<Fi> a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing <FI>their<Fi> minds, said he was a god.”
Acts 28:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 28:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was agod. ”
Acts 28:6 — Darby Translation
Acts 28:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Howbeit they wayted whe he should haue swolne, or fallen downe dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and sawe no inconuenience come to him, they changed their mindes, and said, That he was a God.”
Acts 28:6 — Geneva Bible
Acts 28:6 in Context — 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.
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.
8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
What Does Acts 28:6 Mean?
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