However, [a](A)Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. 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 (B)began to say that he was a god.

Now in the neighboring parts of that place were lands belonging to the [b]leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us warmly for three days.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:5 Lit he
  2. Acts 28:7 Prob. the Roman governor of the island

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