but no other presumed to join himself to them; however the people magnified them.

Some however adhered to him, and believed: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

However, I now exhort you to be of good courage: for there shall be no loss of any life among you, but only of the ship:

They however were expecting that he would swell, or suddenly fall down dead: but when they had waited a good while, and saw no hurt come to him, they changed their opinion and said that he was a god.