Acts 28:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

28 And when we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita. But the barbarians shewed us no small courtesy.

² For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain, and of the cold.

³ And when Paul had gathered together a bundle of sticks, and had laid them on the fire, a viper coming out of the heat, fastened on his hand.