the elders of Byblus and the skilled men thereof, were within thee, Thy calkers, - All the ships of the sea and their mariners, were within thee, To carry on thy traffic,

In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.

And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.