# Acts 28:2

> The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

— Acts 28:2, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Malta** (Mediterranean · today Malta) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/malta

## When

- c. AD 60-62 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 28:30 gives two full years of house arrest in Rome.

## Who ruled

- **Nero**, emperor of Rome, AD 54-68 · Source: Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Porcius Festus**, procurator of Judea, AD 59-62 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9

## See also

- Romans 1:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/1/14
- Colossians 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/3/11
- Hebrews 13:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/13/2
- Acts 28:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/4
- 2 Corinthians 11:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/11/27
- Proverbs 24:11-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/24/11
- Matthew 10:42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/10/42
- 1 Corinthians 14:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/14/11

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- On the voyage to Rome, on which island did Paul come safely ashore after the shipwreck? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-715c-b5f2-94177c7739ea

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28
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