And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.
Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,
And when we got safe [to land] we then knew that the island was called Melita.
Acts — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
1. That doleful spectacle is described in the beginning of the chapter, when so many men being wet, and also all berayed with the foam and filth of the sea, and stiff with cold, did with much ado crawl to the shore; for that was all one as if they…