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Acts 27:1

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Since it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a Roman commander named Julius. He belonged to the Imperial Guard and led 100 men.

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I’ve found that he hasn’t done anything worthy of death. But he has made an appeal to the Emperor, so I’ve decided to send him to Rome.

Festus talked this over with the members of his court. Then he said, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

A man named Cornelius, who was a Roman commander in the Italian Regiment, lived in Caesarea.

But the commander didn’t listen to what Paul said. Instead, he followed the advice of the pilot and the ship’s owner.

There he met a Jew named Aquila, who was originally from Pontus. Aquila had recently moved from Italy with his wife Priscilla after the emperor Claudius ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,

Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people. The believers from Italy send you their greetings.

When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with a soldier guarding him.

But the commander wanted to save Paul’s life, so he kept the soldiers from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and swim to land.

There the commander found a ship from Alexandria that was sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

He ordered the officer to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and let his friends to take care of his needs.

Then Paul called one of the officers and said, “Take this young man to the commander. He has something to tell him.”

The next night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Don’t be afraid! You’ve told people about me in Jerusalem, and you must do the same in Rome.”

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “Do you know what you’re doing?” the officer asked. “This man is a Roman citizen!”

So he rushed right out, taking some officers and soldiers with him. They all ran down to the crowd, and when the people causing the trouble saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

After all this had happened, Paul decided to go over to Macedonia and Achaia and then on to Jerusalem. “And after I’ve been there,” he said, “I must also visit Rome.”

After Paul had seen this vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, because we concluded that God had called us to preach the good news there.

The men answered, “We’ve come from Cornelius, a Roman commander. He’s a good man who worships God. All the Jewish people respect him. A holy angel told him to invite you to his house so he could hear what you have to say.”

When the Roman commander saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Jesus surely was a righteous man.”

A Roman commander there had a servant who was sick and about to die. His master thought highly of him,

When the Roman commander and those who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and everything that had happened, they were terrified and exclaimed, “He had to be the Son of God!”

Once we got safely to shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.




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