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Acts 27:1

James Moffatt - New Testament

When it was decided we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to an officer of the Imperial regiment called Julius.

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I could not find he had done anything that deserved death, so I decided to send him, on his own appeal, to the emperor.

Then, after conferring with the council, Festus answered, "You have appealed to Caesar? Very well, you must go to Caesar! "

Now in Caesarea there was a man called Cornelius, a captain in the Italian regiment,

However the officer let himself be persuaded by the captain and the owner rather than by anything Paul could say,

There he came across a Jew called Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla, as Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul accosted them,

Salute all your leaders and all the saints. The Italians salute you.

When we did reach Rome, Paul got permission to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

but as the officer wanted to save Paul, he put a stop to their plan, ordering those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

There the officer found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her.

He gave orders to the officer to have Paul kept in custody but to allow him some freedom and not to prevent any of his own people from rendering him any service.

Paul summoned one of the officers and said, "Take this young man to the commander, for he has some news to give him."

On the following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Courage! As you have testified to me at Jerusalem, so you must testify at Rome."

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and said to him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen."

Taking some soldiers and officers, he at once rushed down to them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul.

After these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must also visit Rome."

As soon as he saw the vision, we made efforts to start for Macedonia, inferring that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say."

When the army-captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent."

Now there was an army-captain who had a servant ill whom he valued very highly. This man was at the point of death;

Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

It was only after our escape that we found out the island was called Malta.




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