Acts 28:4-20

⁴And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, 'Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'

⁵he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

⁶and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting it a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing their minds, said he was a god.

⁷And in the neighbourhood of that place were lands of the principal man of the island, by name Publius, who, having received us, three days did courteously lodge us;

⁸and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed, having laid his hands on him, healed him;

⁹this, therefore, being done, the others also in the island having infirmities were coming and were healed;

¹⁰who also with many honours did honour us, and we setting sail — they were lading us with the things that were necessary.

¹¹And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,

¹²and having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days,

¹³thence having gone round, we came to Rhegium, and after one day, a south wind having sprung up, the second day we came to Puteoli;

¹⁴where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;

¹⁵and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns — whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.

¹⁶And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.

¹⁷And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: 'Men, brethren, I — having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers — a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;

¹⁸who, having examined me, were wishing to release me, because of their being no cause of death in me,

¹⁹and the Jews having spoken against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar — not as having anything to accuse my nation of;

²⁰for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with you, for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'