Acts 28:6
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 him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Cross-reference
Acts 14:11–13
Parallel
Acts 14:11-13 records Paul being mistaken for a god after a miracle — a direct parallel to the Maltese calling him a god here.