WeekLy BooK oF Acts 28 1-15

        a paraphrased study

1 - And so we made it safely to shore, and soon we learned the island was called Malta. 2 The native people wonderfully kind. They welcomed us all, and built a fire because it had begun to rain and was cold. 3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper, because of the heat, came out and fastened upon his hand. 4 When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to escape.” 5 He, however, shook the creature off into the fire and he suffered no harm. 6 They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune befall him, they changed their minds and said that surely he was a god.

     7 Now nearby were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius. He received us and entertained us hospitably for three days. 8 But it happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. So Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him, he was healed. 9 And soon the rest of the people on the island who had diseases and sicknesses came and were healed also. 10 They honored us greatly, for when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever it was we needed.

     11 And so it was after three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, an Alexandria ship, with the twin gods as a figurehead. 12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days. 13 And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium. And the next day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli. 14 There we found brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.15 And the brothers there, when they heard of us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. And upon seeing them, Paul thanked God and was encouraged..

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