Acts 28:1-10 - Paul On Malta

¹ And having been saved, we recognized that the island is called Melita. ² And the barbarians extended no small philanthropy to us: for, having kindled a fire, they received us all to it, on account of the recent rain and cold. ³ And Paul having gathered up a certain bundle of sticks, and placed it on the fire, a viper, having come out from the heat, fastened on his hand. ⁴ But when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, Surely this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved from the sea, justice did not permit to live. ⁵ Then indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, he suffered no injury: ⁶ and they were looking for him to be about to swell up and suddenly fall down dead. But having looked a long time, and seeing nothing out of place come to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

⁷ But in the regions around about that place there were farms belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius: who, having received us, entertained us courteously three days. ⁸ And it came to pass, that the father of Publius was lying prostrate with fevers and dysentery: to whom Paul having come in, and prayed, laying hands on him, healed him. ⁹ And this taking place, the rest also, on the island having diseases, continued to come to him, and be healed; ¹⁰ who also honored us with many honors; and conferred on us, departing, those things appertaining to use.