6. They expected him to swell up with fever or suddenly drop dead. After waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to claim that he was a god.
7. Publius, the island’s most prominent person, owned a large estate in that area. He welcomed us warmly into his home as his guests for three days.
8. Publius’ father was bedridden, sick with a fever and dysentery. Paul went to see him and prayed. He placed his hand on him and healed him.
9. Once this happened, the rest of the sick on the island came to him and were healed.
10. They honored us in many ways. When we were getting ready to sail again, they supplied us with what we needed.
11. After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had spent the winter at the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with carvings of the twin gods Castor and Pollux as its figurehead.
12. We landed in Syracuse where we stayed three days.
13. From there we sailed to Rhegium. After one day a south wind came up, and we arrived on the second day in Puteoli.