Acts 28:1-10 - Paul On Malta

¹ After our escape we learned that the island was called Malta. ² The natives showed us remarkable kindness, for they made a fire and welcomed us, because of the rain that had come on and the cold. ³ Paul gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, when a viper crawled out of them because of the heat and fastened on his hand. ⁴ When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "This man is undoubtedly a murderer, for though he has been saved from the sea, justice will not let him live." ⁵ But he only shook the creature off into the fire and was unharmed. ⁶ They expected to see him swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

⁷ The governor of the island, whose name was Publius, had estates in that part of the island, and he welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days. ⁸ Publius' father happened to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery, and Paul went to see him and after praying laid his hands on him and cured him. ⁹ After that, the other sick people on the island came and were cured. ¹⁰ They made us many presents, and when we sailed, they provided us with everything that we needed.