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Acts 27:1

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

As it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were put in charge of a Captain of the Augustan Guard, named Julius.

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The Roman Captain, and the men with him who were watching Jesus, on seeing the earthquake and all that was happening, became greatly frightened and exclaimed: "This must indeed have been God's Son!"

The Roman Captain, on seeing what had happened, praised God, exclaiming: "This must have been a good man!"

A Captain in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill--almost at the point of death.

There was then in Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a Captain in the regiment known as the 'Italian Regiment,'

The men replied: "Our captain, Cornelius, a pious man who reverences God and is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to listen to what you have to say."

So, immediately after Paul had seen the vision, we looked for an opportunity to cross over to Macedonia, concluding that God had summoned us to tell the Good News to the people there.

There he met a Jew of the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who, with his wife Priscilla, had lately come from Italy, in consequence of the order which had been issued by the Emperor Claudius for all Jews to leave Rome. Paul paid them a visit,

Sometime after these events Paul resolved to go through Macedonia and Greece, and then make his way to Jerusalem. "And after I have been there," he said, "I must visit Rome also."

He instantly got together some officers and men, and charged down upon the crowd, who, when they saw the Commanding Officer and his men, stopped beating Paul.

On hearing this, the Captain went and reported it to the Commanding Officer. "Do you know what you are doing?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen."

That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said: "Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also."

Paul called one of the Captains of the garrison and asked him to take the lad to the Commanding Officer, as he had something to tell him.

So he gave orders to the Captain in charge of Paul to keep him in custody, but to relax the regulations, and not to prevent any of his personal friends from attending to his wants.

Upon that, Festus, after conferring with his Council, answered: "You have appealed to the Emperor; to the Emperor you shall go."

I found, however, that he had not done anything deserving death; so, as he had himself appealed to his August Majesty, I decided to send him.

The Roman Officer, however, was more influenced by the captain and the owner than by what was said by Paul.

But the Roman Officer, anxious to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should be the first to jump into the sea and try to reach the shore;

There the Roman Officer found an Alexandrian ship on her way to Italy, and put us on board of her.

When we were all safe, we found that the island was called Malta.

On our reaching Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, except for the soldier who was in charge of him.

Give our greeting to all your Leaders, and to all Christ's People. Our friends from Italy send their greetings to you.




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