Nowin the neighborhoodof that placewere landsbelonging to the leading manof the island,namedPublius,whowelcomedus and entertainedus courteouslythreedays.
whowas with the proconsul,SergiusPaulus,a manof intelligence.This mansummonedBarnabasand Sauland soughtto hearthe wordof God.
But while Galliowas proconsulof Achaia,the Jewswith one accordrose up againstPauland broughthim beforethe judgment seat,
[They were] alsoto providemountsto putPaulon and bring him safelyto Felixthe governor.
The nativesshowedus extraordinarykindness;for becauseof the rainthat had setin and becauseof the cold,they kindleda fireand receivedus all.
But they were expectingthat he was aboutto swellup orsuddenlyfall downdead.But after they had waiteda longtime and had seennothingunusualhappento him, they changed their mindsand [began] to saythat he was a god.
And it happenedthat the fatherof Publiuswas lying[in bed] afflictedwith [recurrent] feverand dysentery;and Paulwentin [to see] him and after he had prayed,he laidhis handson him and healedhim.
having a reputationfor goodworks;[and] ifshe has brought up children,ifshe has shown hospitality to strangers,ifshe has washedthe saints'feet,ifshe has assistedthose in distress,[and] ifshe has devoted herselfto everygoodwork.
Do not neglectto show hospitality to strangers,for by thissomehave entertainedangelswithout knowingit.
