Acts 28:1-5

Paul Ashore on Malta

1 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta.

2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.

3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.

4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”

5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 16:10
• 2. Acts 27:26,39
• 3. Mark 16:18
• 4. Luke 13:2,4
• 5. Luke 10:19