Paul, along with his shipmates, had been shipwrecked on the island. The islanders showed unusual kindness to Paul and the others by building a fire for them because it was raining and cold. When a viper bit Paul on the hand as he threw some brushwood into the fire, the islanders thought Paul must have been guilty of a deadly crime: even though he had escaped from the shipwreck, they thought he would now die from the snakebite.
Askofu Mkuu Zakaria Kakobe wa Kanisa la Full Gospel Bible Fellowship amesema suala la kujiunga na OIC ni la kijinga na hivyo amemtaka Membe na naibu wake wajiuzulu mara moja kwa vile wanataka kuliingiza taifa kwenye machafuko makubwa . Akizungumza na Nipashe jijini Dar es Salaam jana, kiongozi huyo aliyeonekana kuwa na hasira alisema kama Waziri Membe anataka kusilimu na kupokea fedha, basi asilimu mwenyewe, lakini asiwalazimishe Watanzania. ``Hakuna ujinga unaonikera kuzidi huu wa kujiunga na OIC, Mwalimu Nyerere alisema mtu yoyote anayefikiri kwamba Tanzania inaweza kuwa nchi ya Kiislamu au ya Kikristo ni mjinga, anachokifanya Membe hivi sasa ni ujinga mtupu,`` alisema kiongozi huyo kwa ukali.