Luke details Paul’s voyage to Rome with all its trials and difficulties in order to present to Gentile readers the fact that Paul was a man of God. When they accepted that fact, they would be open to hear the message of the gospel of Christ.
The trip from Myra to Rome ended with a shipwreck on the island of Malta, just south of Sicily. The island was only eighteen miles long and eight miles wide. It had been an ancient Phoenician colony call Melita (“refuge”). It had several good harbors.
The shipwreck survivors were treated kindly by the natives. In the process of starting a fire to warm and dry those coming out of the sea, Paul was bitten by a sand viper while gathering sticks. The natives believed that Paul was a murderer who escaped punishment at sea, but Justice now attempted to remedy the injustice. However, Paul suffered no ill effects. Therefore the islanders changed their minds, believing Paul to be a god. This incident lead to the believer’s being entertained by Publius, the governor. There Paul learned of the man’s father who was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul healed him and that opened the opportunity to minister to the whole island.
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