1. When we were safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta.
2. The people who lived on the island were unusually kind to us. They made a fire and welcomed all of us around it because of the rain and the cold.
3. Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire. The heat forced a poisonous snake out of the brushwood. The snake bit Paul’s hand and wouldn’t let go.
4. When the people who lived on the island saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He may have escaped from the sea, but justice won’t let him live.”