But they expected (ο δε προσεδοκων). Imperfect active, were expecting, continued to expect.

That he would have swol…

When he should have swollen. When they expected he would have swollen from the bite of the viper. The poison of the viper is rapid, and th…

They looked when he should have swollen . . .—Better, and they were expecting that . . . The verb for “swollen” implies l…

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to…

Seeing that Paul was unaffected by the snakebite, the islanders decided that he must be a god—or, perhaps, a favorite of the gods. Nothing is said …

Changing their minds, they said. This truly wonderful and sudden change should have deeply affected the men of Malta and moved them to giv…

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen
With the venomous bite of the viper; swelling is one of the symptoms…

God can make strangers into friends—friends in distre .