Malta

First named: Acts 28:1

Region Italy Apostolic

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The island where Paul's ship ran aground during the storm-tossed voyage to Rome; Paul was unharmed by a viper's bite there and healed the island's chief official, Publius's, sick father (Acts 28:1-10).

References: Acts 28:1

People connected to Malta

Julius (M) — the centurion who spared the prisoners after the shipwreck on this island
Acts 27:42-44
Publius (M) — the island's chief man, whose father Paul healed of fever and dysentery
Acts 28:7-8

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