BIB(i)
3 Συστρέψαντος (Having gathered) δὲ (now) τοῦ (-) Παύλου (Paul) φρυγάνων (of sticks) τι (a) πλῆθος (quantity), καὶ (and) ἐπιθέντος (having laid them) ἐπὶ (on) τὴν (the) πυράν (fire), ἔχιδνα (a viper) ἀπὸ (out from) τῆς (the) θέρμης (heat) ἐξελθοῦσα (having come), καθῆψεν (fastened) τῆς (on the) χειρὸς (hand) αὐτοῦ (of him).
4 ὡς (When) δὲ (then) εἶδον (saw) οἱ (the) βάρβαροι (natives) κρεμάμενον (hanging) τὸ (the) θηρίον (beast) ἐκ (from) τῆς (the) χειρὸς (hand) αὐτοῦ (of him), πρὸς (to) ἀλλήλους (one another) ἔλεγον (they began to say), “Πάντως (By all means) φονεύς (a murderer) ἐστιν (is) ὁ (the) ἄνθρωπος (man) οὗτος (this), ὃν (whom) διασωθέντα (having been saved) ἐκ (from) τῆς (the) θαλάσσης (sea), ἡ (-) Δίκη (Justice) ζῆν (to live) οὐκ (not) εἴασεν (has permitted).”
5 ὁ (The one) μὲν (indeed) οὖν (then), ἀποτινάξας (having shaken off) τὸ (the) θηρίον (creature) εἰς (into) τὸ (the) πῦρ (fire), ἔπαθεν (he suffered) οὐδὲν (no) κακόν (injury).
6 οἱ (-) δὲ (But) προσεδόκων (they were expecting) αὐτὸν (him) μέλλειν (to be about) πίμπρασθαι (to become inflamed), ἢ (or) καταπίπτειν (to fall down) ἄφνω (suddenly) νεκρόν (dead). ἐπὶ (A while) πολὺ (great) δὲ (however) αὐτῶν (of them) προσδοκώντων (waiting) καὶ (and) θεωρούντων (seeing) μηδὲν (nothing) ἄτοπον (amiss) εἰς (to) αὐτὸν (him) γινόμενον (happening), μεταβαλόμενοι (having changed their opinion), ἔλεγον (they began declaring) αὐτὸν (him) εἶναι (to be) θεόν (a god).