They also showed us many honors, and when we were about to set sail, they supplied us with everything we needed.
Parallel translations
- WEB They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.
- KJV Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
- BSB The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
- NKJV They also honored us in many ways; and when we departed, they provided such things as were necessary.
- NLT As a result we were showered with honors, and when the time came to sail, people supplied us with everything we would need for the trip.
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Quick answer
The grateful Maltese honor Paul's company and supply their needs for the voyage. God provides for his servants through unexpected hands.
Overview
The islanders respond to the healings with generous honors and practical provisions for the continued journey. What began as shipwreck and loss becomes occasion for God's gracious supply, echoing his faithfulness to those who serve him. The episode shows how the Lord cares for Paul materially as he advances toward his appointed witness in Rome.
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- 1 Th 2:6nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
- Phil 4:11–12Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
- Matt 6:31–34“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
- Phil 4:19My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
- Matt 10:8–10Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
- 2 Cor 8:2–6how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
- 1 Tim 5:3–4Honor widows who are widows indeed.
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
- 2 Cor 9:5–11I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
- Matt 15:5–6But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
- 2 Kgs 8:9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
- 1 Tim 5:17–18Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
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