and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”

After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

But the centurion, wanting to save Paul’s life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”

after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.