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.
Howbeit they looked ('kept looking') when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly - being no doubt familiar with the effect of such bites.
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. From "a murderer" to "a god;" just as the Lycaonians, from "sacrificing to" Paul and Silas, fell to "stoning them" ( Acts 14:13; Acts 14:19).