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Reading: Acts 28:1-6
(Amplified)
After we were safe on the island, we knew and recognized that it was called
Malta. And the natives showed us unusual and remarkable kindness, for they
kindled a fire and welcomed and received us all, since it had begun to rain and
was cold. Now Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and he was laying them on
the fire when a viper crawled out because of the heat and fastened itself on
his hand. When the natives saw the little animal hanging from his hand, they
said to one another, Doubtless this man is a murderer, for though he has been
saved from the sea, Justice [the goddess of avenging] has not permitted that he
should live. Then Paul simply shook off the small creature into the fire and
suffered no evil effects. However, they were waiting, expecting him to swell up
or suddenly drop dead; but when they had watched him a long time and saw
nothing fatal or harmful come to him, they changed their minds and kept saying
over and over that he was a god.
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