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And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hanging from his hand, they said among themselves, "No doubt this man is a murderer whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live."
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And he shook off the beast into the fire and felt no harm.
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Now they were expecting that he should have swollen or suddenly fallen down dead; but after watching a great while and seeing no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
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In the same quarters were the possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and lodged us three days courteously.
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And it came to pass that the father of Publius lay sick with a fever and a bloody flux. Paul entered in and prayed and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
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So when this was done, others also on the island who had diseases, came and were healed.
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These also honored us with many honors; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
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And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered on the isle and whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
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And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
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And from thence we followed a circiutous course and came to Rhegium. And a day later the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli.
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There we found brethren and were invited to tarry with them seven days; and so we went toward Rome.