Thus, according to one source, the residents of Malta may have been thinking: “Though Paul has escaped the sea, he is a marked man who is now overtaken by the goddess Dike... through the viper. ” The people changed their minds when it became clear that Paul was unharmed.
თუმცა, როცა კუნძულელებმა დაინახეს, რომ პავლე უვნებელი დარჩა, მაშინვე შეიცვალეს აზრი.