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Acts 28:1-10

1Andwhenwewereescaped,thenweknewG1921thattheislandνῆσοςnēsosG3520wascalledκαλεῖται·kaleitaiG2564Melita.

2Andthebarbariansshowedusnocommonkindness:fortheykindledafireπυρὰνpuranG4443,andreceivedG4355usall,becauseofthepresentrainὑετὸνhu'etonG5205,andbecauseofthecoldψῦχος.psuchosG5592.

3ButwhenPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972hadgatheredabundleofsticksandlaidG2007themonthefireπυρὰνpuranG4443,aviperG2191cameἐξελθοῦσαexelthousaG1831outbyreasonoftheheat,andfastenedonhishandχειρὸςcheirosG5495.

4AndwhenὩςHōsG5613thebarbarianssawG3708thevenomouscreatureG2342hangingκρεμάμενονkremamenonG2910fromhishandχειρὸςcheirosG5495,theysaidἔλεγον·elegonG3004oneἀλλήλουςallēlousG240toanother,NodoubtthismanἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444isG1510amurdererφονεύςphoneusG5406,whom,thoughhehath escapedfromtheseaθαλάσσηςthalassēsG2281,yetJusticehathnotsufferedtoliveζῆνzēnG2198.

5HowbeitheshookoffthecreatureθηρίονthērionG2342intothefireπῦρpurG4442,andtooknoharmG2556.

6Buttheyexpectedthathewouldhaveswollen,orfallendownκαταπίπτεινkatapipteinG2667deadνεκρόν·nekronG3498suddenlyἄφνωaphnōG869:butwhentheywereG1510longinexpectationandbeheldnothingμηδὲνmēdenG3367amisscomeG1096tohim,theychangedtheirminds,andsaidG3004thathewasG1510agodθεόν.¶theonG2316.

7NowδὲdeG1161intheneighborhoodofthatplaceτόπονtoponG5117werelandsχωρίαchōriaG5564belongingtothechiefmanoftheislandνήσου,nēsouG3520,namedG3686PubliusΠοπλίῳ,PopliōG4196;whoreceivedus,andentertainedἐξένισεν.¶exenisenG3579usthreeτρεῖςtreisG5140daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250courteously.

8Anditwasso,thatthefatherπατέραpateraG3962ofPubliusΠοπλίουPopliouG4196laysickoffeverG4446anddysentery: untowhomPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972enteredεἰσελθὼνeiselthōnG1525in,andprayedπροσευξάμενος,proseuxamenosG4336,andlayingG2007hishandsχεῖραςcheirasG5495onhimhealedἰάσατοiasatoG2390him.

9Andwhenthiswasdone,therestλοιποὶloipoiG3062alsoG2532thathaddiseasesintheislandνήσῳnēsōG3520cameG4334,andwerecured:

10whoalsoG2532honoredG5091uswithmanyπολλαῖςpollaisG4183honorsG5091;andwhenwesailed,theyputG2007onboardsuchthingsG4183asweneededχρείας.¶chreiasG5532.

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