Paul Arrives In Rome Acts 28:1-31 - Bible Study Workshop

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III. “Barbarians” simply means that these people did not speak Greek.
The term as used here is not to be regarded as derogatory. They were
not enculturated to the Greco-Roman lifestyle.
Acts 28:3, 4, And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and
laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and
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 hath escaped the sea, yet
vengeance suffereth not to live.
I. Paul helped kindle a fire by:
A. gathering a bundle of sticks and placing them on the fire.
B. Paul was certainly not “afraid of work” and did not think he was
to be “waited on” because he was a preacher.
C. A viper came out of the bundle of sticks because of the heat of
the fire, bit Paul on his hand, fastened itself on Paul’s hand.
II. When the islanders saw the venomous snake attach itself to Paul’s
hand they . . .
A. talked with each other and concluded that . . .
B. Paul was a murderer who had luckily escaped death at sea but
was now . . .
C. to die to satisfy Justice.
1. The word Justice is capitalized indicating the reference is
to the goddess Justilia, the daughter of Zeus and the
avenger of crime.
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