 ሰዎቹ ከአሁን አሁን ሰውነቱ ያብጣል ወይም ድንገት ሞቶ ይወድቃል ብለው ይጠባበቁ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን ብዙ ጊዜ ጠብቀው ምንም የተለየ ነገር እንዳልደረሰበት ባዩ ጊዜ፣ ሐሳባቸውን ለውጠው፣ ጳውሎስን ክፉ አድራጊ ሰው ከመቁጠር ይልቅ እንደ መለኮታዊ ሰው አድርገውት መቁጠር ጀመሩ።
The natives were expecting Paul to swell up or drop dead, but after they had waited a long time and saw that nothing unusual had happened to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god!