Andwhen they were escaped, thenthey knewthattheislandwas calledMelita. Andthebarbarous peopleshowedusnolittlekindness: forthey kindleda fire, and receivedusevery one, becauseof thepresentrain, andbecauseof thecold. Andwhen Paulhad gathereda bundleof sticks, andlaid them onthefire, there camea viperout oftheheat, and fastenedon hishand. Andwhenthebarbarianssawthe venomous beasthangonhishand, they saidamongthemselves, No doubtthismanisa murderer, whom, though he hath escapedthesea, yet vengeancesufferethnotto live. Andheshook offthebeastintothefire, and feltnoharm. Howbeittheylookedwhen heshouldhave swollen, orfallen downdeadsuddenly: butafter theyhad lookeda great while, andsawno harmcometohim, they changed their minds, and saidthat hewasa god. Inthesame quarterswerepossessionsof thechief manof theisland, whose namewas Publius; whoreceivedus, and lodgedus threedayscourteously. Andit came to pass, that thefatherof Publiuslaysickof a feverandof a bloody flux: towhomPaulentered in, andprayed, and laidhis handson him, and healedhim. Sowhen thiswas done, othersalso, which haddiseasesintheisland, came, andwere healed: Whoalsohonoreduswith manyhonors; andwhen we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary. Andafterthreemonthswe departedina shipof Alexandria, which had winteredintheisle, whose signwas Castor and Pollux. AndlandingatSyracuse, we tarried there threedays. And from thencewe fetched a compass, and cametoRhegium: andafteronedaythe south windblew, and we camethe next daytoPuteoli: Wherewe foundbrethren, and were desiredto tarrywiththemsevendays: andsowe wenttowardRome. And from thence, when thebrethrenheardofus, they cametomeetusas far asAppiiForum, andThe ThreeTaverns: whomwhen Paulsaw, he thankedGod, and tookcourage. Andwhenwe cametoRome, thecenturiondeliveredtheprisonersto thecaptain of the guard: butPaulwas sufferedto dwellbyhimselfwitha soldierthat kepthim. Andit came to pass, that afterthreedaysPaulcalled the chief of the Jews together: andwhen theywere come together, he saiduntothem, Men and brethren, though Ihave committednothingagainstthepeople, orcustomsof our fathers, yet was I deliveredprisonerfromJerusalemintothehandsof theRomans. Who, when they had examinedme, wouldhave let me go, because there wasnocauseof deathinme. Butwhen theJewsspake against it, I was constrainedto appeal untoCaesar; notthatI hadaughtto accusemynationof. Forthiscausethereforehave I calledfor you, to see you, andto speak with you : becausethat forthehopeof IsraelI am boundwith thischain. Andtheysaiduntohim, Weneitherreceivedlettersout ofJudeaconcerningthee, neitheranyof thebrethrenthat cameshowedorspakeanyharmofthee. Butwe desireto hearoftheewhatthou thinkest: forasconcerningthissect, weknowthatevery whereit is spoken against. Andwhen they had appointedhima day, there camemanytohiminto his lodging; to whomhe expoundedand testifiedthekingdomof God, persuadingthemconcerningJesus, bothout ofthelawof Moses, and out of theprophets, frommorningtillevening. Andsomebelievedthe things which were spoken, andsomebelieved not. Andwhen they agreed notamongthemselves, they departed, after that Paulhad spokenoneword, WellspaketheHolyGhostbyIsaiahtheprophetuntoourfathers, Saying, Gountothispeople, andsay, Hearingye shall hear, andshall notunderstand; andseeingye shall see, andnotperceive: Fortheheartof thispeopleis waxed gross, andtheir earsare dull of hearing, andtheireyeshave they closed; lestthey should seewith their eyes, andhearwith their ears, andunderstandwith their heart, andshould be converted, andI should healthem. Beit knownthereforeunto you, thatthesalvationof Godis sentunto theGentiles, and that theywill hearit. Andwhen hehad saidthese words, theJewsdeparted, and hadgreatreasoningamongthemselves. AndPauldwelttwo whole yearsinhis ownhired house, andreceivedallthat came inuntohim, Preachingthekingdomof God, andteachingthose thingswhich concerntheLordJesusChrist, withallconfidence, no man forbidding him.