<vn='1'><sn="2532">And</s> when they were <sn="1295">escaped</s>, <sn="5119">then</s> they <sn="1921">knew</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3520">island</s> was <sn="2564">called</s><sn="3194">Melita</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s> barbarous <sn="915">people</s><sn="3930">showed</s><sn="2254">us</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="5177">little</s><sn="5363">kindness</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> they <sn="381">kindled</s> a <sn="4443">fire</s>, and <sn="4355">received</s><sn="2248">us</s> every <sn="3956">one</s>, <sn="1223">because</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2186">present</s><sn="5205">rain</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1223">because</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5592">cold</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="3972">Paul</s> had <sn="4962">gathered</s> a <sn="4128">bundle</s> of <sn="5434">sticks</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2007">laid</s> them <sn="1909">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4443">fire</s>, there <sn="1831">came</s> a <sn="2191">viper</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2329">heat</s>, and <sn="2510">fastened</s> on <sn="848">his</s><sn="5495">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5613">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="915">barbarians</s><sn="1492">saw</s><sn="3588">the</s> venomous <sn="2342">beast</s><sn="2910">hang</s><sn="1537">on</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5495">hand</s>, they <sn="3004">said</s><sn="4314">among</s><sn="240">themselves</s>, No <sn="3843">doubt</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="5406">murderer</s>, <sn="3739">whom</s>, though he hath <sn="1295">escaped</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s>, yet <sn="1349">vengeance</s><sn="1439">suffereth</s><sn="3756">not</s> to <sn="2198">live</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3767">And</s><sn="3588">he</s> shook <sn="660">off</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2342">beast</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4442">fire</s>, and <sn="3958">felt</s><sn="3762">no</s><sn="2556">harm</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">Howbeit</s><sn="3588">they</s><sn="4328">looked</s> when <sn="846">he</s><sn="3195">should</s> have <sn="4092">swollen</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> fallen <sn="2667">down</s><sn="3498">dead</s><sn="869">suddenly</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> after <sn="846">they</s> had <sn="4328">looked</s> a great <sn="1909 4183">while</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2334">saw</s> no <sn="3367 824">harm</s><sn="1096">come</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="846">him</s>, they changed their <sn="3328">minds</s>, and <sn="3004">said</s> that <sn="846">he</s><sn="1511">was</s> a <sn="2316">god</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="*1161"></s><sn="1722">In</s><sn="3588">the</s> same <sn="4012 1565 5117">quarters</s><sn="5225">were</s><sn="5564">possessions</s> of <sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="4413">man</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3520">island</s>, whose <sn="3686">name</s> was <sn="4196">Publius</s>; <sn="3739">who</s><sn="324">received</s><sn="2248">us</s>, and <sn="3579">lodged</s> us <sn="5140">three</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="5390">courteously</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">father</s> of <sn="4196">Publius</s><sn="2621">lay</s><sn="4912">sick</s> of a <sn="4446">fever</s><sn="2532">and</s> of a bloody <sn="1420">flux</s>: <sn="4314">to</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3972">Paul</s> entered <sn="1525">in</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4336">prayed</s>, and <sn="2007">laid</s> his <sn="5495">hands</s> on <sn="846">him</s>, and <sn="2390">healed</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3767">So</s> when <sn="5127">this</s> was <sn="1096">done</s>, <sn="3062">others</s><sn="2532">also</s>, which <sn="2192">had</s><sn="769">diseases</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3520">island</s>, <sn="4334">came</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> were <sn="2323">healed</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="5092">honored</s><sn="2248">us</s> with <sn="4183">many</s><sn="5091">honors</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> when we <sn="321">departed</s>, they <sn="2007">laded</s> us with such things as were <sn="4314 5532">necessary</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3326">after</s><sn="5140">three</s><sn="3376">months</s> we <sn="321">departed</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="4143">ship</s> of <sn="222">Alexandria</s>, which had <sn="3914">wintered</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3520">isle</s>, whose <sn="3902">sign</s> was Castor and <sn="1359">Pollux</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2609">landing</s><sn="1519">at</s><sn="4946">Syracuse</s>, we <sn="1961">tarried</s> there <sn="5140">three</s><sn="2250">days</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And from <sn="3606">thence</s> we fetched a <sn="4022">compass</s>, and <sn="2658">came</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="4484">Rhegium</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3326">after</s><sn="3391">one</s><sn="2250">day</s> the south <sn="3558">wind</s><sn="1920">blew</s>, and we <sn="2064">came</s> the next <sn="1206">day</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="4223">Puteoli</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3757">Where</s> we <sn="2147">found</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, and were <sn="3870">desired</s> to <sn="1961">tarry</s><sn="1909">with</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="2033">seven</s><sn="2250">days</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3779">so</s> we <sn="2064">went</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="4516">Rome</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And from <sn="2547">thence</s>, when <sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="191">heard</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="2257">us</s>, they <sn="1831">came</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="529">meet</s><sn="2254">us</s> as far <sn="891">as</s><sn="675">Appii</s><sn="5410">Forum</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> The <sn="5140">Three</s><sn="4999">Taverns</s>: <sn="3739">whom</s> when <sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="1492">saw</s>, he <sn="2168">thanked</s><sn="2316">God</s>, and <sn="2983">took</s><sn="2294">courage</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3753">when</s> we <sn="2064">came</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="4516">Rome</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1543">centurion</s><sn="3860">delivered</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1198">prisoners</s> to <sn="3588">the</s> captain of the <sn="4759">guard</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3972">Paul</s> was <sn="2010">suffered</s> to <sn="3306">dwell</s><sn="2596">by</s><sn="1438">himself</s><sn="4862">with</s> a <sn="4757">soldier</s> that <sn="5442">kept</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that <sn="3326">after</s><sn="5140">three</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="3972">Paul</s> called the chief of the Jews <sn="4779 3588 5607 4413 3588 2453">together</s>: <sn="1161">and</s> when <sn="848">they</s> were come <sn="4905">together</s>, he <sn="3004">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="435">Men</s> and <sn="80">brethren</s>, though <sn="1473">I</s> have <sn="4160">committed</s><sn="3762">nothing</s><sn="1727">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1485">customs</s> of our <sn="3971">fathers</s>, yet was I <sn="3860">delivered</s><sn="1198">prisoner</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5495">hands</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4514">Romans</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3748">Who</s>, when they had <sn="350">examined</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="1014">would</s> have let me <sn="630">go</s>, because there <sn="5225">was</s><sn="3367">no</s><sn="156">cause</s> of <sn="2288">death</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1161">But</s> when <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s> spake <sn="483">against</s> it, I was <sn="315">constrained</s> to appeal <sn="1941">unto</s><sn="2541">Caesar</s>; <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5613">that</s> I <sn="2192">had</s><sn="5100">aught</s> to <sn="2723">accuse</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1484">nation</s> of. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1223">For</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="156">cause</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> have I <sn="3870">called</s> for <sn="5209">you</s>, to <sn="1492">see</s> you, <sn="2532">and</s> to speak <sn="4354">with</s> you: <sn="1752">because</s> that <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1680">hope</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s> I am <sn="4029">bound</s> with <sn="5026">this</s><sn="254">chain</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">they</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2249">We</s><sn="3777">neither</s><sn="1209">received</s><sn="1121">letters</s> out <sn="575">of</s><sn="2449">Judea</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="4675">thee</s>, <sn="3777">neither</s><sn="5100">any</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s> that <sn="3854">came</s><sn="518">showed</s><sn="2228">or</s><sn="2980">spake</s><sn="5100">any</s><sn="4190">harm</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="4675">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">But</s> we <sn="515">desire</s> to <sn="191">hear</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="4675">thee</s><sn="3739">what</s> thou <sn="5426">thinkest</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="*3303">as</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="139">sect</s>, <sn="2254">we</s><sn="2076 1110">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> every <sn="3837">where</s> it is spoken <sn="483">against</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">And</s> when they had <sn="5021">appointed</s><sn="846">him</s> a <sn="2250">day</s>, there <sn="2240">came</s><sn="4119">many</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1519">into</s> his <sn="3578">lodging</s>; to <sn="3739">whom</s> he <sn="1620">expounded</s> and <sn="1263">testified</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="3982">persuading</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="5037">both</s> out <sn="575">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="3475">Moses</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> out of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>, <sn="575">from</s><sn="4404">morning</s><sn="2193">till</s><sn="2073">evening</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588 3303">some</s><sn="3982">believed</s> the things which were <sn="3004">spoken</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3588">some</s> believed <sn="569">not</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">And</s> when they agreed <sn="5607 800">not</s><sn="4314">among</s><sn="240">themselves</s>, they <sn="630">departed</s>, after that <sn="3972">Paul</s> had <sn="2036">spoken</s><sn="1520">one</s><sn="4487">word</s>, <sn="2573">Well</s><sn="2980">spake</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2268">Isaiah</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophet</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">fathers</s>, </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3004">Saying</s>, <sn="4198">Go</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5126">this</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">say</s>, <sn="189">Hearing</s> ye shall <sn="191">hear</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall <sn="3364">not</s><sn="4920">understand</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="991">seeing</s> ye shall <sn="991">see</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3364">not</s><sn="1492">perceive</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2588">heart</s> of <sn="5127">this</s><sn="2992">people</s> is waxed <sn="3975">gross</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> their <sn="3775">ears</s> are dull of <sn="191 917">hearing</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="3788">eyes</s> have they <sn="2576">closed</s>; <sn="3379">lest</s> they should <sn="1492">see</s> with their <sn="3788">eyes</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="191">hear</s> with their <sn="3775">ears</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4920">understand</s> with their <sn="2588">heart</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> should be <sn="1994">converted</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> I should <sn="2390">heal</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="2077">Be</s> it <sn="1110">known</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4992">salvation</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="649">sent</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that <sn="846">they</s> will <sn="191">hear</s> it. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="2532">And</s> when <sn="846">he</s> had <sn="2036">said</s> these <sn="5023">words</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s><sn="565">departed</s>, and <sn="2192">had</s><sn="4183">great</s><sn="4803">reasoning</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="1438">themselves</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="3306">dwelt</s> two whole <sn="1333 3650">years</s><sn="1722">in</s> his <sn="2398">own</s> hired <sn="3410">house</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="588">received</s><sn="3956">all</s> that came <sn="1531">in</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2784">Preaching</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1321">teaching</s> those <sn="3588">things</s> which <sn="4012">concern</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3326">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3954">confidence</s>, no man forbidding <sn="209">him</s>. </v>