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 9:40Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
• Mark 6:5He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
• Matt 9:18While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
• Jas 5:14–16Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
• Matt 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
• Mark 16:18they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
• 1 Cor 12:9to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;
• 1 Cor 12:28God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
• Matt 10:1He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
• Luke 13:13He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
• Acts 19:11–12God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
• Luke 10:8–9Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.
• Luke 9:1–3He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
• Luke 4:40When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
• 1 Kgs 17:20–22He cried to Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?”
• Mark 1:30–31Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.
• Mark 7:32They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
• Acts 9:17–18Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
• Mark 5:23and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”

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