“"Showed," he says, "no little kindness to us-barbarians" (as they were) "-having kindled a fire:" else it were of no use that their lives be saved, if the wintry weather must destroy them.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 54
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2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
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1And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
— Acts 28:2 —
3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4And 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.