Acts 27:42-28:8

New American Standard Bible

⁴² The soldiers’ plan was to ^(A)kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape; ⁴³ but the centurion, ^(B)wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from accomplishing their intention, and commanded that those who could swim were to ^[a]jump overboard first and get to land, ⁴⁴ and the rest were to follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that ^(C)they all were brought safely to land.

Safe at Malta

28 When ^(D)they had been brought safely through, ^(E)then we found out that ^(F)the island was called ^[b]Malta. ^2 (G)The ^[c]natives showed us extraordinary kindness, for they kindled a fire and ^(H)took us all in because of the rain that had started and because of the cold. ³ But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out ^[d]because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. ⁴ When ^(I)the ^[e]natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “^(J)Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, ^[f]justice has not allowed him to live.” ⁵ However, ^[g](K)Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. ⁶ Now they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and ^(L)began to say that he was a god.

⁷ Now in the neighboring parts of that place were lands belonging to the ^[h]leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us warmly for three days. ⁸ And it happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed afflicted with a recurring fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after he ^(M)prayed, he ^(N)laid his hands on him and healed him.