Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 27 : 42 - 28 : 6
Chapter 27
| 42 | And the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape.
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| 43 | But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,
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| 44 | and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land.
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Chapter 28
| 1 | Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta.
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| 2 | And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.
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| 3 | But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
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| 4 | So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live."
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| 5 | But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
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| 6 | However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
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The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
