In Acts 28, Paul goes from being accounted by the people of Malta as a murderer to a god.. “No doubt this man is a murderer” (Acts 28:4). And this accusation might have hit Paul in a real way, because Scripture shows his past. He witnessed the martyrdom of Stephen and approved of it (Acts 7:58–8:1). Later, he calls himself “the chief of sinners” and admits how he persecuted the church before encountering Christ (1 Timothy 1:13–15). So when the snake latches onto Paul’s hand—a viper, a known...

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