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It was so, 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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Prayer Precedes Power
Commentators like John Calvin and John Gill emphasize that Paul prayed before laying on his hands. This deliberate act showed that Paul was not the source of the healing power but was merely a minister of God's grace. The miracle was an answer to prayer, ensuring that God alone received the glory for healing the man, not Paul himself.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A bloody flux. Greek: Dysentery.
And laid his hand on him, in accordance with the promise of the Saviour,[Reference Mark 1…
Lay (κατακεισθα). Common verb for the sick (John 5:6).
Sick (συνεχομενον). "Held together." Co…
19th Century
Anglican
Lay sick of a fever and a bloody flux: Literally, with fevers and dysentery, both words being used by St. Luke with professional …
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Baptist
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 courteou…
Though Paul spent three months (cf. v.11) on Malta, Luke gives us only one more incident from his stay there—the healing of Publius’s father. This …
16th Century
Protestant
And had laid his hands upon him—Paul declares by prayer that he himself is not the author of the miracle, but only the minister, so that G…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass that the father of Publius So that Publius was not an old man, though of so much dignity and wea…
God can make strangers into friends—friends in distress.
Those who are despised for simple manners are often more friendly than the more pol…
