Acts 28:6-19

⁶But they were looking for his becoming swollen, or suddenly falling down dead. But after looking a great while, and seeing no harm come to him they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

⁷And in the neighborhood of that place were lands be longing to the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who welcomed us, and entertained us kindly three days.

⁸And it happened that the father of Publius was lying sick with a fever and dysentery; to whom Paul went in, and, when he had prayed, laid his hands on him, and healed him.

⁹And when this was done, the others also who had diseases in the island came, and were healed;

¹⁰who also honored us with many honors, and when we put to sea, loaded us with such things as were necessary.

¹¹And after three months we put to sea in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

¹²And landing at Syracuse, we stayed there three days;

¹³and from thence we made a circuit, and came to Rhegium; and after one day a south wind arose, and we came on the second day to Puteoli,

¹⁴where we found brethren, and were entreated to remain with them seven days; and so we went toward Rome.

¹⁵And from thence, the brethren having heard of us came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and the Three Taverns; at the sight of whom Paul thanked God and took courage.

¹⁶And when we had come to Rome, Paul was permitted to dwell by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

¹⁷And it came to pass that after three days he called together the chief men of the Jews, and when they had met he said to them, Brethren, I, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, was delivered up a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

¹⁸who, when they had examined me, wished to release me, because I had done nothing deserving death.

¹⁹But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had any charge to bring against my nation.