Melita (Malta)

(An important island in the Mediterranean Sea)

Paul shipwrecked on the coast of

• Acts 28:1–10

  And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. …