According to Acts, Paul survived a shipwreck on the island of Malta.
Acts 27–28 narrates Paul’s voyage to Rome as a prisoner. After a violent storm, the ship is wrecked, but everyone aboard reaches land safely. Acts identifies the island as Malta, then called Melite. The island’s inhabitants welcome the survivors and build a fire because of the rain and cold.
During the stay, Paul is bitten by a viper while gathering brushwood. When he suffers no harm, the islanders change their opinion of him. Acts also says that Paul heals the father of Publius, the island’s leading official, and other sick people before the travelers continue toward Rome.
Malta is not the same island as Crete, where the voyage had previously stopped. The shipwreck narrative is part of Paul’s journey to stand trial in Rome. It is one of the longest travel episodes in Acts and includes detailed nautical descriptions of the storm and rescue.