Acts 28:4-20

⁴And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living.

⁵But shaking off the beast into the fire, he got no damage.

⁶But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

⁷Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

⁸And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well.

⁹And when this took place, all the others in the island who had diseases came and were made well.

¹⁰Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.

¹¹And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter.

¹²And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.

¹³And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli:

¹⁴Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

¹⁵And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

¹⁶And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

¹⁷Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

¹⁸Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

¹⁹But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.

²⁰But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.