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And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,
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and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because of the cold;
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but Paul having gathered together a quantity of sticks, and having laid [them] upon the fire, a viper -- out of the heat having come -- did fasten on his hand.
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And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, `Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'
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he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,
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and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting [it] a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing [their] minds, said he was a god.
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And in the neighbourhood of that place were lands of the principal man of the island, by name Publius, who, having received us, three days did courteously lodge [us];
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and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed, having laid [his] hands on him, healed him;
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this, therefore, being done, the others also in the island having infirmities were coming and were healed;
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who also with many honours did honour us, and we setting sail -- they were lading [us] with the things that were necessary.
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And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,