1. Once safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
2. The natives showed us unusual kindness. Because it had started raining and it was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed us all.
3. But when Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and placed it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.
4. When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”