Malta
The Mediterranean island, called Melita in Acts, where Paul was shipwrecked on the voyage to Rome. The islanders showed unusual kindness; Paul was bitten by a viper without harm and healed the father of the chief official, and the company wintered there three months (Acts 28:1-11).
Where in scripture
[1] When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta. [2] The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. [3] But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. [4] When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.” [5] However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed. …
Acts 28:1–11 — opening verses — cited in the description of Malta
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
Born here
Events here
On these journeys
- The voyage to Rome — Paul the Apostle
