Iqembu elikhathele likhosela esiqhingini okuthiwa iMelitha. Izakhamuzi zalapho ‘zingabantu abakhuluma ulimi lwezinye izizwe,’ ngokwezwi nezwi zingama-“barbarian” (ngesiGreki, barʹba·ros).c Kodwa abantu baseMelitha abanalo unya. Ngokuphambene, uLuka, owayehamba noPawulu, ubika ukuthi “basibonisa umusa wobuntu ongaphezu kovamile, ngoba babasa umlilo futhi basamukela sonke ngomoya wokusiza ngenxa yemvula eyayina nangenxa yamakhaza.”