⁵ But Paul shook the ·snake [^Lcreature; animal] off into the fire and ·was not hurt [suffered no harm]. ⁶ ·The people [^LThey] thought that Paul would swell up or fall down dead. They waited and watched him for a long time, but nothing ·bad [^Lunusual] happened to him. So they changed their minds and said, “He is a god!”

⁷ There ·were some fields [or was an estate] around there owned by Publius, ·an important man [or the chief official; governor] on the island. He ·welcomed [received] us into his home and ·was very good to us [provided generous hospitality; treated us as honored guests] for three days.