5. But Paul shook the snake off into the fire. He was not hurt.
6. The people thought that Paul would swell up or fall down dead. The people waited and watched him for a long time, but nothing bad happened to him. So they changed their minds about Paul. Now they said, “He is a god!”
7. There were some fields around there owned by a very important man on the island. His name was Publius. He welcomed us into his home and was very good to us. We stayed in his house for three days.
8. Publius’ father was very sick with a fever and dysentery. But Paul went to him and prayed. Then he put his hands on the man and healed him.
9. After this, all the other sick people on the island came to Paul, and he healed them, too.
10-11. The people on the island gave us many honors. We stayed there three months. When we were ready to leave, they gave us the things we needed.We got on a ship from Alexandria. The ship had stayed on the island during the winter. On the front of the ship was the sign of the twin gods.