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And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living.
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But shaking off the beast into the fire, he got no damage.
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But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.
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Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.
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And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well.
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And when this took place, all the others in the island who had diseases came and were made well.
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Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.
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And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter.
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And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.
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And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli:
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Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.