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Andhe shook off the beastinto the fire, and feltnoharm.
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Howbeit they looked when heshould have swollen , or fallen downdeadsuddenly:but after they had looked a great while*, andsawnoharmcometohim, they changed their minds , and said that hewas a god.
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Inthesamequarterswerepossessions of the chief man of the island, whose name wasPublius;whoreceivedus, and lodged usthreedayscourteously.
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And it came to pass , that the father of Publiuslay sick of a feverand of a bloody flux:towhomPaul entered in , andprayed , and laid his handsonhim, and healedhim.
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Sowhenthis was done , othersalso,whichhaddiseasesin the island,came , and were healed :
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Whoalsohonouredus with manyhonours ; and when we departed , they laded us with such things as were necessary.
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Andafterthreemonths we departedin a ship of Alexandria, which had winteredin the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
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AndlandingatSyracuse, we tarried there threedays.
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And from thence we fetched a compass , and cametoRhegium:andafteroneday the south windblew , and we came the next daytoPuteoli:
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Where we foundbrethren, and were desired to tarrywiththemsevendays:andso we wenttowardRome.
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And from thence, when the brethrenheardofus, they came to meet*us as far asAppiiforum,and The threetaverns:whom when Paulsaw , he thankedGod, and tookcourage.