Chapter 27, verse 40 - Chapter 28, verse 13
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Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
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But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
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The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
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But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land
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and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.
Chapter 28
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When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.
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The natives showed us uncommon kindness
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But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
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When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
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However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
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But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
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Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.
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It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
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Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.
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They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.
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After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was “The Twin Brothers.”
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Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
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From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
