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Acts 28:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Acts 28:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 However, he shook off the snake into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 They were expecting him to swell up or drop dead, but after waiting for a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.
7 In the vicinity of that place there were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, whose name was Publius.[a] He received us and gave us his hospitality for three days.
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- Acts 28:7 Publius: this local magistrate was the representative of the praetor of Sicily.