Acts 28:1–10

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28:1 On the island of Melitai

28 Once everyone was safe, we discovered that the island is called Melitai. 2 And the people there showed incredible kindness to us as they welcomed us and lit a fire, as it started raining again and was very cold. 3 However when Paulos was helping to pick up sticks and putting them on the fire, a viper was driven out by the heat and clamped its jaws down on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand they decided that he must be a murderer who had survived the shipwreck but now fate had finally decided his time was up. 5 However, Paulos just shook the snake off into the fire and wasn’t harmed. 6 The locals were waiting for his arm to swell up or for him to fall down dead, but after a while when nothing happened they changed their minds and decided that instead, he must be a god.

7 The area that we had beached in belonged to the leader of the island named Poplios. He welcomed us and looked after us for three days, 8 but while we were there, his father got sick with dysentery and fever. Paulos went in and placing his hands on him, prayed for him and healed him. 9 As a result of that, anyone on the whole island who was sick came and was cured 10 and so the people brought us many gifts and when we left, they supplied us with provisions.

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28 And having _been _brought _safely _through, then we _learned that the island is _being _called Melitaʸ.

2 And the foreigners were _bringing _about not just the having _been _ordinary human _kindness to _us, because/for having _lit a_fire, they _received all us, because _of the rain which having _approached, and because _of the cold.

3 But the Paulos having _gathered some multitude of _sticks, and having _laid _on them on the fire, a_viper having _come _out from the heat, clamped _down on _the hand of _him.

4 And when the foreigners saw the wild _animal being _hanged from the hand of _him, they _were _saying to one _another:
Certainly this the man is a_murderer, whom having _been _brought _safely _through from the sea, the justice not allowed him to _be _living.

5 Therefore indeed he, having _shaken _off the wild _animal into the fire, suffered not _one harm.

6 But they were _expecting him to _be _going to _be _being _swelled _up, or to _be _falling _down suddenly dead.
But over much time, them waiting and observing nothing amiss becoming to him, having _changed _their _minds they _were _saying him to _be a_god.

7 And in the parts about the that place, was _being properties to _the leader of _the island by_the_name Poplios, who having _accepted us hospitably lodged three days.

8 And it _became, the father of_ the _Poplios to _be _lying _down being _gripped _with with _fevers and dysentery, to whom the Paulos having _come _in, and having _prayed, having _laid _on the hands on _him, he _healed him.

9 And this having _become, also the rest which in the island having sicknesses were _approaching and were _being _healed,

10 who also they _honoured us with _many honours, and being _launched, they _laid _on the things for our needs.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section ACTs 28:1

On the island of Melitai

Acts 28:1–10