6. They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7. Now in the area around that place was an estate belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
8. Publius’s father was in bed suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, and praying and laying his hands on him, he healed him.
9. After this, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.
10. So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.
11. After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Brothers as its figurehead.
12. Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed three days.