In Acts 28:8-9, after surviving a shipwreck and a viper bite, Paul performs miraculous healings on the island of Malta, including curing the father of Publius, the chief official, and many other sick islanders, which leads to widespread recognition of God’s power.
The island of Malta, where the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked and performed miracles, is significant in Acts 28 for demonstrating divine intervention and the spread of early Christianity through Paul’s miraculous survival of a viper bite and subsequent healing of the island’s inhabitants.
In Acts 28:3-5, Paul is bitten by a viper while gathering firewood on the island of Malta, but he suffers no harm, leading the islanders to view him as under divine protection.
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