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28 And having sounded, they found twenty fathoms; but having gone a little further and sounded again,
they found fifteen fathoms;
29 and fearing lest we should fall among rocks, they threw four anchors from the stern and wished that
day would come.
30 But as the sailors were seeking to flee from the ship, and were letting down the boat into the sea,
under the pretence that they would let go anchors from the prow,
31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers: Unless these remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.
33 But till day should come, Paul exhorted all to partake of food, saying: This day is the fourteenth day
since you have waited and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34 Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food; for this is for your safety; for from the head of no one of
you shall a hair perish.
35 And having said these things and taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all and after
breaking, he began to eat
36 And they all became cheerful am took food.
37 But we that were in the ship were in all two hundred and seventy-six souls.
38 And having been satisfied with food, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39 But when day had come, they knew not the land but they perceived an inlet that had a beach, into
which they determined if possible, to thrust the ship.
40 And cutting away the anchors they let them fall into the sea at the same time loosing the fastenings of
the rudders, and, hoisting the front sail to the wind, they held the ship firm to the beach.
41 But falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground; and the prow, having stuck
fast, remained immovable, but the stern was broken by the violence.
42 And the advice of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest some should swim out and
escape;
43 but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded those that
could swim to throw themselves off first, and go to land,
44 and the rest, some on planks, and some on pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that all got safe
to land.
Acts 28
1 And when we were safe, then we learned that the island was called Melita.
2 And the barbarians showed us unusual kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they received all of us on
account of the rain that had come upon us, and on account of the cold.
3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid it on the fire, a viper came out because of the
heat and fastened on his hand.
4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said one to another: Surely this
man is a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, justice does not permit to live.
5 He then shook the beast off into the fire, and suffered no evil;
6 and they were expecting that he would become inflamed or suddenly fall down dead. But after looking
for a long time and seeing no harm come to him, they changed their mind and said that he was a god.
7 But in the neighborhood of that place were the estates of the first man of the island, named Publius,
who received us and for three days entertained us courteously.
8 And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery, to whom Paul went in; and
having prayed and laid his hands on him, he restored him to health.
9 But when this had been done, the rest also in the island that had diseases came and were cured;
10 who in also honored us with many honors; and when we put to sea, supplied us with what was
needed.
11 But after three months we put to sea in a ship of Alexandria that had wintered in the island, that had
the sign of the Dioscuri.
12 And having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days:
13 whence, coasting about, we came to Rhegium. And after one day, the south wind having risen, we
came on the second day to Puteoli,
14 where we found brethren, and were entreated to remain with them seven days and so we came to
Rome.
15 And thence the brethren, hearing of our affairs, came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and The Three
Taverns: whom when Paul saw he thanked God and tool courage.
16 But when we had come to Rome, Paul was permitted to dwell by himself with the soldier that
guarded him.
17 And it came to pass after three days that he called together those that were first among the Jews; and
when they had come together, he said to them: Men, brethren, though I had done nothing against the
people, or the customs of the fathers, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the
Romans;
18 who, having examined me, were willing to release me, because there was no cause of death in me;
19 but as the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar: not that I have anything to
accuse my nation of.
20 I have then called you for this reason, that I may see you and speak to you; for on account of the hope
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