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: 11AndafterthreeτρεῖςtreisG5140monthsμῆναςmēnasG3376wesetἀνήχθημενanēchthēmenG321sailG321inashipπλοίῳploiōG4143ofAlexandriawhichhadwinteredG3914intheislandνήσῳ,nēsōG3520, whose signwasTheTwinBrothers. 12AndtouchingatSyracuse,wetarried therethreeτρεῖς,treisG5140daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250. 13Andfromthencewemadeacircuit,andarrivedatRhegium:andafteroneμίανmianG1520dayἡμέρανhēmeranG2250asouthνότουnotouG3558windG3558sprangup,andontheseconddayG2250wecameG2064toPuteoli; Read all of Acts 28American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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