However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
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.
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.
The father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery.
Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.