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Acts 28:1
And when we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita. But the barbarians shewed us no small courtesy.
Acts 28:1 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Acts 28:1 in other translations
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.
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In context
1 And when we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita. But the barbarians shewed us no small courtesy.
2 For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold.
3 And when Paul had gathered together a bundle of sticks and had laid them on the fire, a viper, coming out of the heat, fastened on his hand.
4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.
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