Acts 28:8

Paul prays for and heals the gravely ill father of Publius, the chief man of Malta. The gospel comes with power even after shipwreck.

Cross-references · 19

• Acts 9:40Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
• Mark 6:5So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
• Matt 9:18While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
• Jas 5:14–16Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
• Matt 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
• Mark 16:18they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
• 1 Cor 12:9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
• 1 Cor 12:28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
• Matt 10:1And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
• Luke 13:13Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
• Acts 19:11–12God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
• Luke 10:8–9If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.
• Luke 9:1–3Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.
• Luke 4:40At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
• 1 Kgs 17:20–22Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
• Mark 1:30–31Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
• Mark 7:32Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
• Acts 9:17–18So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
• Mark 5:23and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

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