1 Once they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" safely|strong="G1295" reached shore, they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G1921" out|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" island|strong="G3520" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" Malta|strong="G3194".
2 The|strong="G2532" native people|strong="G3956" showed|strong="G3930" us|strong="G2249" extraordinary|strong="G5177" kindness|strong="G5363". For|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" welcomed us|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" kindled a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4443" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" rain|strong="G5205" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" cold|strong="G5592".
3 Paul|strong="G3972" gathered|strong="G4962" a|strong="G2532" bundle|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2532" sticks|strong="G5434", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" putting|strong="G2007" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4443", a|strong="G2532" viper|strong="G2191" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" because|strong="G1909" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" heat|strong="G2329" and|strong="G2532" fastened|strong="G2510" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G2007" hand|strong="G5495".
4 When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1537" native people|strong="G1510" 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", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" undoubtedly|strong="G3843" a|strong="G5613" murderer|strong="G5406". Although|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G1295" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" sea|strong="G2281", the|strong="G1537" goddess Justice|strong="G1349" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" allowed|strong="G1439" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" live|strong="G2198".”
5 But|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" suffered|strong="G3958" no|strong="G3762" harm|strong="G2556".
6 The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" expecting|strong="G4328" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" soon|strong="G1096" swell|strong="G4092" up|strong="G1519" or|strong="G2228" suddenly fall|strong="G2667" down|strong="G2667" dead|strong="G3498". But|strong="G1161" after|strong="G1161" waiting|strong="G4328" expectantly for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G1909" and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G2334" nothing|strong="G3367" unusual happen|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" 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 Now|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" region around|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3739" place|strong="G5117" were|strong="G3588" lands|strong="G5564" that|strong="G3739" belonged to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G4413" man|strong="G4413" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520", named|strong="G3686" Publius|strong="G4196", who|strong="G3739" welcomed us|strong="G3579" and|strong="G1161" hospitably took|strong="G1161" care of|strong="G4012" us|strong="G3579" as|strong="G1722" his|strong="G4012" guests for|strong="G4012" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250".
8 Now|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G2532" Publius|strong="G4196" lay|strong="G2007" sick|strong="G2621" in|strong="G1525" bed, suffering|strong="G4912" from|strong="G2532" fevers and|strong="G2532" dysentery|strong="G1420". So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1525" to|strong="G4314" see him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2390" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G4314" praying|strong="G4336" and|strong="G2532" laying|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" him|strong="G3588".
9 After|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" happened|strong="G1096", the|strong="G1722" rest|strong="G3062" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sick also|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323".
10 So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4183" bestowed|strong="G5091" many|strong="G4183" honors|strong="G5091" on|strong="G2007" us|strong="G2249", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" set|strong="G2532" sail, they|strong="G2532" provided us|strong="G2249" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" needed|strong="G5532".
11 After|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376", we|strong="G1161" set sail in|strong="G1722" an|strong="G1722" Alexandrian ship|strong="G4143" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" wintered|strong="G3914" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520" and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" twin|strong="G1359" sons of|strong="G1722" Zeus as|strong="G1722" its figurehead|strong="G3902".
12 Putting|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Syracuse|strong="G4946", we|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1961" there|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250".
13 From|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" circuitous course and|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G2064" at|strong="G1519" Rhegium|strong="G4484". After|strong="G3326" one|strong="G1520" day|strong="G2250" a|strong="G2532" south|strong="G3558" wind|strong="G3558" sprang|strong="G1920" up|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1206" day|strong="G2250" we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Puteoli|strong="G4223".
14 There|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" some|strong="G3588" brothers and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" invited|strong="G3870" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="G1961" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1519" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250". And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3779" we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516".
15 When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" brothers from|strong="G2064" Rome heard the|strong="G2532" news about|strong="G4012" us|strong="G1519", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" out|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Forum|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". When|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" saw|strong="G3708" them|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" thanks|strong="G2168" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" courage|strong="G2294".
16 When|strong="G3753" we|strong="G1161" came|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516", the|strong="G1519" centurion transferred the|strong="G1519" prisoners to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" captain of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1519" guard|strong="G5442", but|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" allowed|strong="G2010" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="G3306" by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G1438", with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G1519" soldier|strong="G4757" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" guarding|strong="G5442" him|strong="G3588".
17 After|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250", Paul|strong="G1510" called|strong="G3004" together|strong="G4905" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" prominent|strong="G4413" among|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Jews|strong="G2453". When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Brothers, though|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4160" nothing|strong="G3762" against|strong="G4314" our|strong="G3326" people|strong="G2992" or|strong="G2228" the|strong="G1519" customs|strong="G1485" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G3326" fathers|strong="G3971", I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" delivered|strong="G3860" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" prisoner|strong="G1198" from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1519" Romans|strong="G4514".
18 When|strong="G1722" they|strong="G3588" examined me|strong="G1473", they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" willing|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1722" release me|strong="G1473" because|strong="G1223" there|strong="G1722" were|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3367" grounds for|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" case|strong="G3588".
19 But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Jews|strong="G2453" objected, I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" forced to|strong="G3756" appeal|strong="G1941" to|strong="G3756" Caesar|strong="G2541", not|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2192" any|strong="G5100" accusation|strong="G2723" to|strong="G3756" make|strong="G2723" against|strong="G2723" my|strong="G1473" own nation|strong="G1484".
20 That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" why|strong="G1223" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3870" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G4354" with|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210", for|strong="G1063" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" on|strong="G3588" account|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" bound with|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3778" chain.”
21 They|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “We|strong="G2249" have|strong="G1473" received|strong="G1209" no|strong="G3777" letters|strong="G1121" from|strong="G3588" Judea|strong="G2449" about|strong="G4012" yoʋ, and|strong="G1161" none|strong="G5100" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1161" brothers who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1473" come|strong="G3854" here|strong="G3854" have|strong="G1473" reported|strong="G3004" or|strong="G2228" spoken|strong="G2980" anything|strong="G5100" bad|strong="G4190" about|strong="G4012" yoʋ.
22 But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" think|strong="G5426" it|strong="G3754" would|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" best to|strong="G1161" hear what|strong="G3739" yoʋr views|strong="G5426" are|strong="G1510", for|strong="G1063" concerning|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" sect, we|strong="G2249" know|strong="G1110" that|strong="G3754" everywhere|strong="G3837" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" spoken against|strong="G4012".”
23 When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" arranged a|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3588", many|strong="G4183" more|strong="G4119" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" lodging|strong="G3578". From|strong="G2064" morning|strong="G4404" until|strong="G2193" evening|strong="G2073" he|strong="G2532" explained|strong="G1620" the|strong="G2532" matter to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", testifying|strong="G1263" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" kingdom of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" trying to|strong="G1519" convince them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424" both|strong="G2532" 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".
24 Some|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" convinced|strong="G3982" by|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", but|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" refused to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G3982".
25 So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2980" disagreement with|strong="G4314" one|strong="G1520" another|strong="G1520" and|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" leave after|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" made|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" final statement|strong="G4487": “The|strong="G1161" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G1510" right|strong="G2573" in|strong="G2980" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" our|strong="G1223" fathers|strong="G3962" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268":
26 ‘Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004",
27 For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" heart|strong="G2588" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992" has|strong="G3778" become|strong="G3975" calloused;
28 Therefore|strong="G3767" let|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4992" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484"; they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" listen.”
29 After Paul said these things, the Jews went away and had a great dispute among themselves.
30 For|strong="G4314" two|strong="G1333" whole|strong="G3650" years|strong="G1333" Paul|strong="G1696" stayed|strong="G1696" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" own|strong="G2398" rented|strong="G3410" house|strong="G3410" and|strong="G2532" welcomed all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588",
31 preaching|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" all|strong="G3956" boldness|strong="G3954" and|strong="G2532" without|strong="G2532" hindrance.