1 When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" safe|strong="G1295", we|strong="G3754" found|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" island|strong="G3520" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" Malta|strong="G3194".
2 The|strong="G2532" island’s people|strong="G3956" showed|strong="G3930" us|strong="G2249" marked kindness|strong="G5363", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" lit a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4443" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G4355" us|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3956" under|strong="G1223" shelter, because|strong="G1223" it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2186" on|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" rain|strong="G5205" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" cold|strong="G5592".
3 Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4962" a|strong="G2532" quantity|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2532" dry sticks|strong="G5434" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4443", when|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" poisonous snake, driven out|strong="G1831" by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" heat|strong="G2329", fastened|strong="G2510" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G2007" hand|strong="G5495".
4 When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1537" islanders saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1537" creature|strong="G2342" hanging|strong="G2910" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3708" hand|strong="G5495", they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3739" another|strong="G3739", ‘Evidently this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" murderer|strong="G5406", for|strong="G4314" though|strong="G5613" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G1295" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" sea|strong="G2281", Justice|strong="G1349" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" allowed|strong="G1439" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" live|strong="G2198".’
5 However|strong="G3767", Paul|strong="G3588" shook the|strong="G1519" creature|strong="G2342" off into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" fire|strong="G4442" and|strong="G3767" took|strong="G3767" no|strong="G3762" harm|strong="G2556".
6 The|strong="G2532" islanders were|strong="G1510" expecting|strong="G4328" inflammation to|strong="G1519" set|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519", or|strong="G2228" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" suddenly fall|strong="G2667" dead|strong="G3498"; but|strong="G1161", after|strong="G1161" waiting|strong="G4328" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G1909", and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" nothing|strong="G3367" amiss with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" changed|strong="G3328" their|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G3328" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" God|strong="G2316".
7 In|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" region there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1722" estate|strong="G4012" belonging|strong="G5225" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Governor of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520", whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Publius|strong="G4196". He|strong="G1161" took|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3579" up|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1722" his|strong="G4012" house, and|strong="G1161" for|strong="G4012" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" entertained|strong="G3579" us|strong="G3579" most courteously|strong="G5390".
8 It|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G2532" Publius|strong="G4196" was|strong="G1096" lying|strong="G2621" ill of|strong="G2532" fever|strong="G4446" and|strong="G2532" dysentery|strong="G1420". So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1525" to|strong="G4314" see him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" praying|strong="G4336", he|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390" him|strong="G3588".
9 After|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778", all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" any|strong="G2192" illness came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" cured|strong="G2323".
10 They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" presented us|strong="G2249" with|strong="G4314" many|strong="G4183" gifts, and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" set|strong="G2532" sail they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" supplies of|strong="G2532" necessaries on|strong="G2007" board.
11 After|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376", we|strong="G1161" set sail in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" ship|strong="G4143" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" wintered|strong="G3914" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520". She|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1722" Alexandrian vessel, and|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" Twin|strong="G1359" sons of|strong="G1722" Zeus for|strong="G1161" her|strong="G3588" figure-head.
12 We|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2609" in|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Syracuse|strong="G4946" and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1961" there|strong="G2532" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250",
13 and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" worked to|strong="G1519" windward and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" got to|strong="G1519" Rhegium|strong="G4484". A|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" south|strong="G3558" wind|strong="G3558" sprang|strong="G1920" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Puteoli|strong="G4223" in|strong="G1519" two days|strong="G2250".
14 There|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588"’s followers|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" urged|strong="G3870" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="G1961" a|strong="G2532" week with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588"; after|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516".
15 The|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" heard about|strong="G4012" us|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" out|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Market|strong="G5410" of|strong="G4012" Appius and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Three|strong="G5140" Taverns|strong="G4999" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G3588" us|strong="G1519". At|strong="G1519" sight|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4012" them|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" thanked|strong="G2168" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" much cheered.
16 On|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2596" reaching|strong="G1161" Rome|strong="G4516", Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" allowed|strong="G2010" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G4862" by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G1438", except for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" soldier|strong="G4757" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" charge of|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588".
17 Three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" our|strong="G3326" arrival, Paul|strong="G1510" invited the|strong="G1519" leading|strong="G4413" Jews|strong="G2453" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" came|strong="G1096", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘Brothers, although|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4160" nothing|strong="G3762" hostile|strong="G1727" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" interests of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G3326" nation or|strong="G2228" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G3326" ancestral customs|strong="G1485", yet|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" sent from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" prisoner|strong="G1198", and|strong="G1161" handed|strong="G3860" over|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Romans|strong="G4514".
18 The|strong="G1722" Romans, when|strong="G1722" they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" examined me|strong="G1473", were|strong="G3588" ready to|strong="G1722" release me|strong="G1473", because|strong="G1223" there|strong="G1722" was|strong="G3588" nothing|strong="G3367" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" conduct deserving death|strong="G2288".
19 But|strong="G1161", as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1161" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders opposed my|strong="G1473" release, I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" compelled to|strong="G3756" appeal|strong="G1941" to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" Emperor – not|strong="G3756", indeed|strong="G1161", that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2192" any|strong="G5100" charge|strong="G2723" to|strong="G3756" make|strong="G2723" against|strong="G2723" my|strong="G1473" own nation|strong="G1484".
20 This|strong="G3778", then|strong="G3767", is|strong="G3588" my|strong="G3708" reason|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1063" urging|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" talk with|strong="G1223" me|strong="G3708"; because|strong="G1223" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G1223" Israel|strong="G2474" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" here|strong="G3778" in|strong="G2532" chains.’
21 ‘We|strong="G2249",’ was|strong="G3588" their|strong="G4012" reply|strong="G3004", ‘have|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3777" had|strong="G3588" any|strong="G5100" letter|strong="G1121" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771" from|strong="G3588" Judea|strong="G2449", nor|strong="G3777" have|strong="G1473" any|strong="G5100" of|strong="G4012" our|strong="G4012" fellow Jews come|strong="G3854" and|strong="G1161" reported|strong="G3004" or|strong="G2228" said|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G5100" bad|strong="G4190" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771".
22 But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" glad to|strong="G1161" hear from|strong="G3844" you|strong="G4771" what|strong="G3739" your|strong="G5426" views|strong="G5426" are|strong="G1510", for|strong="G1063", with|strong="G3844" regard|strong="G4012" to|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" sect, we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" well|strong="G1063" aware that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" spoken against|strong="G4012" on|strong="G5426" all|strong="G1161" sides.’
23 They|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" fixed a|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G3739" where|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" staying, in|strong="G1519" even|strong="G2532" larger|strong="G4183" numbers|strong="G4183", when|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3588" proceeded to|strong="G1519" lay the|strong="G2532" subject before|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" bore his|strong="G1438" testimony to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" kingdom of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" tried to|strong="G1519" convince them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424", by|strong="G4314" arguments drawn from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G4012" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" – speaking from|strong="G2064" morning|strong="G4404" until|strong="G2193" evening|strong="G2073".
24 Some|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" inclined to|strong="G2532" accept what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004"; others|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", rejected it|strong="G2532".
25 So|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" disagreed among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G1510", they|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" disperse, Paul|strong="G3972" adding only|strong="G1520" –
26 Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" nation and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004":
27 For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" mind|strong="G2588" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" nation has|strong="G3778" grown dense,
28 Understand, then|strong="G3767", that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" salvation|strong="G4992" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2316" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" listen.’
30 For|strong="G4314" two|strong="G1333" whole|strong="G3650" years|strong="G1333" Paul|strong="G1696" stayed|strong="G1696" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3410" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" rented|strong="G3410" for|strong="G4314" himself|strong="G2398", welcoming all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" see him|strong="G3588",
31 proclaiming|strong="G2784" the|strong="G2532" kingdom of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", with|strong="G3326" perfect fearlessness, unhindered.