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On the Island of Malta 1.  When we came ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.  2  The local people were very friendly, and they welcomed us by building a fire, because it was rainy and cold. 3  After Paul had gathered some wood and had put it on the fire, the heat caused a snake to crawl out, and it bit him on the hand.  4  When the local people saw the snake hanging from Paul's hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He didn't drown in the sea, but the goddess of justice will kill him anyway.” 5  Paul shook the snake off into the fire and wasn't harmed.  6  The people kept thinking that Paul would either swell up or suddenly drop dead. They watched him for a long time, and when nothing happened to him, they changed their minds and said, “This man is a god.” 7  The governor of the island was named Publius, and he owned some of the land around there. Publius was very friendly and welcomed us into his ho...

  Paul Sails for Rome 1.  When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.   2  We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us. 3  The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs.   4  From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.   5  When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.   6  There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.   7  We made slow headway for many days and had dif...