Acts 28:2 KJV
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a
fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of
the cold.
Names can be so hurtful and
damaging. They can also be so inaccurate. Here is the shipwrecked castaways:
- Sailors
- Soldiers
- Prisoners and I suppose other
- Passengers
as Luke, who was a free man, but
a minister to Paul. This ragged bunch washed up to shore and, as Gill puts it,
the islanders "could not understand their language but they could
understand their case" and showed them kindness, caring for them in the
cold and wet.
We would have thought the words
Barbarian and kindness could not agree with one another. But here they are;
companions in context.
We never know what is going on in
the heart of a man.
- Perhaps the loudest opponent is the one
nearest conversion
- Maybe the meanest looking man will be the one
who does us the most good
We need never judge a man but
simply be a witness to all men. God will do what He wills in the case of each
one.
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