Acts 28 New Testament for Everyone (NTE) The Snake on Malta. Acts 28:5 New International Version (NIV).

Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. Amos 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. “Melita”: An island 17 miles long and 9 miles wide, about 60 miles south of Sicily.

2 The local inhabitants treated us with unusual kindness: they set to and built a fire for us all, since it was cold and had started to rain. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.” The islanders of Malta are impressed when Paul is miraculously unharmed by a snake-bite.

None of the sailors had previously been to the bay (known today as St. Paul’s Bay), where they were shipwrecked. Acts 28:4 New International Version (NIV).

Acts 28:1 "And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita." David Guzik :: Study Guide for Acts 28 [A new version of this page can be found here] Paul Arrives In Rome. A. Paul's ministry on the island of Malta. Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. 28 When we reached safety, we discovered that the island was called Malta. 1.