28:1And when we had escaped, then we learned that the island was called Malta. 28:1And the barbarians showed us no small kindness. 28:2For a fire having been kindled, they were refreshing us all because of the rain which was pressing on us, and the cold. 28:3And when Paul had gathered a considerable quantity of sticks, and had placed them on the fire, a viper, having come out because of the heat, fastened on his hand. 28:4And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another: "Surely this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, vengeance does not allow to live."
28:5And he indeed, shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm. 28:6But they were thinking that he would swell up, and suddenly fall down and die. 28:6But when they had been waiting a long time, and seeing no harm happen to him, changing their minds, they were saying that he was a god. 28:7Now in those places there were estates of the chief man of the island, named Publius, who, receiving us, for three days kindly gave us hospitality. 28:8And it happened that the father of Publius was lying sick, troubled with fevers and dysentery. 28:8To him Paul went in: and when he had prayed, and had laid his hands on him, he healed him.
28:9This having been done, all who had illnesses in the island were coming, and were being cured: who also honoured us with many honours, and when we were sailing put on board the things which were necessary. 28:11And after three months we sailed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, whose sign was the Castors. 28:12And when we had come to Syracuse, we stayed there three days. 28:13From there, coasting round, we came to Rhegium: and after one day, the south wind blowing, on the second day we came to Puteoli: where, brothers having been found, we were asked to stay with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.
28:15And from there, when the brothers had heard, they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius, and the Three Taverns. 28:15And when Paul had seen them, giving thanks to God, he took courage. 28:16And when we had come to Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him. 28:17And after the third day he called together the first men of the Jews. 28:17And when they had come together, he was saying to them: "I, men, brothers, though doing nothing against the people, or the ancestral custom, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, who, when they had held an examination about me, wished to release me, because there was no cause of death in me.
28:19But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything of which to accuse my nation. 28:20For this cause, therefore, I asked to see you, and to speak with you. 28:20For because of the hope of Israel I am bound round with this chain." 28:21But they said to him: "We have neither received letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers, arriving, reported or spoken anything evil about you. 28:22But we ask to hear from you what you think: for about this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against." 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, very many came to him at his lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying to the kingdom of God, and persuading them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the prophets from morning until evening.
28:24And some were believing the things which were said: but some did not believe. 28:25And since they were not agreeing among themselves, they were departing, Paul saying one word: "Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, saying: 'Go to this people, and say to them: [With the ear you will hear, and will not understand, and seeing you will see, and will not perceive. 28:27For the heart of this people has been made gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed: lest perhaps they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.]' Let it be known, therefore, to you, that to the Gentiles this salvation of God has been sent, and they will hear."
28:29And when he had said these things, the Jews went out from him, having much questioning among themselves. 28:30And he stayed two whole years in his own rented lodging: and he was receiving all who came in to him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things which are about the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, without hindrance.