Acts 28

Acts 28:1

• When we
• After we
• Once we
• And when we

• were safe on
• had
• had escaped,
• had escaped
• were safe on the

• shore,
• land,
• then
• island,
• escaped,

• we
• they

• learned that the
• found out that the
• discovered that the
• found that the
• knew that the

• island was called

• Malta.
• Melita.
• Melita,

Acts 28:2

• And the natives
• The native people
• The natives
• The local inhabitants

• showed
• treated

• us
• us no
• us with

• extraordinary
• unusual
• uncommon
• ordinary

• kindness; for
• kindness, for
• kindness.
• kindness:

• they
• They

• kindled a
• lit a
• made a
• built a

• fire and

• welcomed all of
• welcomed
• took

• us all, since
• us all because

• it was raining and

• cold;
• cold.

Acts 28:3

• Paul
• But when Paul
• When Paul

• had gathered a

• bundle of
• pile of

• sticks, and
• sticks and
• brushwood and

• put
• was putting
• laid

• them on the
• it on the

• fire, a
• fire. A
• fire, when a
• fire when a

• viper,
• viper
• poisonous snake,
• poisonous snake
• snake

• came out because of the
• driven out by the

• heat and
• heat, and
• heat,
• heat

• fastened
• fastened on
• fastened onto
• bit

• his
• itself on his
• itself to his
• him on the

• hand.

Acts 28:4

• When the natives
• When the islanders
• The natives
• When the local people
• When the native people

• saw the
• saw

• snake
• creature
• it

• hanging from
• hanging on

• his
• Paul’s

• hand, they

• said to one another, “No
• began saying to one another, “

• doubt this man

• must be a
• is a

• murderer!
• murderer, and though
• murderer; though
• murderer. Though
• murderer, whom, though

• He
• he

• has

• escaped from the
• escaped the

• sea, yet

• justice
• Justice

• has
• does
• will

• not
• n’t

• allowed him to
• let him
• want him to

• live.’
• live!”
• live.”

Acts 28:5

• But Paul
• Paul
• However he
• However, he
• But he
• However, Paul
• He, however,
• Paul, however,

• shook the
• shook off the

• snake off into the
• creature into the
• creature off into the
• snake into the

• fire, and
• fire and
• fire.

• suffered no
• was
• He was
• took no

• harm,
• harm.
• n’t harmed.
• not hurt.

Acts 28:6

• They were
• The people
• But they were
• However, they were

• expecting
• expecting that
• waiting for
• expected

• him to
• he

• swell up or
• was going to swell up or

• suddenly
• suddenly to
• would

• fall down
• drop
• drop down
• fall

• dead but, after
• dead; but, after
• dead. But after
• dead, but after
• dead; but after
• dead. But when
• dead; but when
• dead. After

• they had waited a
• waiting a
• they waited a
• waiting for a

• long

• time, and
• time and
• time without

• seeing

• nothing
• anything

• unusual happen to

• him,
• him. So

• they changed their

• minds, and
• minds and
• minds,
• minds.

• said, ‘
• said
• said, “
• said that
• began to say that

• He
• he

• was a
• is a

• God.
• god.”
• god.’
• god.
• god!”

Acts 28:7

• Now in the neighborhood of that place
• Now in the region around that place

• were

• lands
• fields
• estates

• belonging to the

• chief
• leading

• man of the
• official of the

• island, whose name was Publius. He

• received
• took

• us and
• us, and

• entertained
• treated

• us hospitably for three days.

Acts 28:8

• The father of
• And it happened that the father of
• Publius’ father
• It happened that the father of
• It so happened that the father of

• Publius

• was
• lay
• was lying

• sick in
• sick with a
• sick of

• fever and
• fever and with
• bed, suffering from fever and

• dysentery.
• dysentery. And
• dysentery; and
• dysentery. But
• dysentery, but

• Paul

• went to see
• went in to see
• went to
• visited

• him, and
• him and
• him, and after
• him and, after
• him and after
• him.
• him,

• prayed, and
• praying and
• prayer,
• prayed,
• praying,
• prayed for him. He

• laid
• placed
• laying
• put

• his

• hands on
• hands on the

• him, and
• him and
• man and
• him,
• him

• healed
• cured

• him.
• him;

Acts 28:9

• After this had

• happened, the
• taken place, the

• rest of the

• people on the
• sick on the
• sick people on the

• island
• island who had diseases also
• island who had diseases

• came, and
• came and
• were coming and

• were

• cured;
• cured.
• healed.
• healed;

Acts 28:10

• They

• honored
• gave

• us with
• us in
• us

• many

• honors, and when
• ways, and when
• ways and when
• ways; and when
• ways. When

• we

• were
• were getting

• ready to

• sail,
• sail

• they gave us the

• supplies
• provisions
• things that

• we needed.

Acts 28:11

• After three months,
• After three months
• At the end of three months

• we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign

• was “The
• was The

• Twin

• Brothers.”
• Brothers.

Acts 28:12

• We

• put in at
• landed at
• stopped at the

• Syracuse and
• Syracuse,
• city of Syracuse and
• Syracuse where
• Syracuse, where

• stayed there three
• we stayed three
• stayed there for three
• we stayed there three
• spent three
• stayed for three
• we stayed there for three

• days.
• days;
• days,

Acts 28:13

• From there we
• and from there we
• And from there we
• then we

• sailed
• circled
• weighed

• round and
• anchor and
• around and

• arrived at
• sailed to
• came to

• Rhegium. After one
• Rhegium, and after one
• Rhegium. And after one
• Rhegium; and after one

• day a
• day, a
• day the

• south wind

• sprang up and on the
• sprang up, and on the
• came up and on the
• came up, and on the

• second
• following

• day we

• came to
• reached
• arrived in

• Puteoli.
• Puteoli,

Acts 28:14

• There we
• where we
• We

• found some
• found

• brothers, and
• brothers and
• brethren, and
• believers, who
• believers who
• believers there who
• believers and

• were
• invited
• asked
• begged

• us to
• invited to
• urged to

• stay with

• them for seven
• them seven
• them a

• days. And so we

• came to
• went toward

• Rome.

Acts 28:15

• And the brothers there, when they

• heard about
• heard of
• heard the news about

• us, came as

• far as the
• far as The

• Forum of
• Market of

• Appius and Three
• Appius and the Three

• Taverns to
• Inns to

• meet us. On seeing

• them
• them,

• Paul

• thanked
• gave thanks to

• God and
• God, and

• took
• was

• courage.
• encouraged.

Acts 28:16

• When we
• And when we

• entered
• came to
• arrived in
• got to
• arrived at
• entered into

• Rome.
• Rome
• Rome,

• Paul was

• allowed to
• permitted to

• live by
• stay by
• live

• himself with the
• himself, with the
• himself with a
• himself, with a
• alone with the
• alone, with the
• alone. But a

• soldier who
• soldier
• soldier to

• guarded
• was guarding
• guard
• guarding

• him.

Acts 28:17

• After three days,
• After three days

• Paul
• he

• called

• together the
• together those who

• leaders of the

• Jews. When
• Jews; and when
• Jews, and when
• Jews. And when

• they had

• gathered
• gathered,
• assembled,
• come
• come,

• he
• together, he
• Paul

• said to

• them, ‘
• them, “
• them: “

• Brothers, although
• Brethren, though
• Brothers, though
• My brothers, although

• I

• have
• had

• done nothing against our

• people or the
• people, or the
• people or against the

• customs of our

• fathers, yet
• ancestors,
• fathers. But

• I was arrested in

• Jerusalem and
• Jerusalem into the

• handed over to the
• hands of the

• Romans,
• Romans.
• Romans;

Acts 28:18

• When they
• who, when they

• had examined me, they

• wanted to
• were ready to

• release
• let

• me, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

Acts 28:19

• But when the Jews
• but the Jews
• But the Jews
• But because the Jews

• objected,
• objected, so
• objected. So
• spoke against it,

• I was

• forced to
• compelled to

• appeal to

• Caesar. “
• Caesar.
• Caesar;

• it
• It

• was

• not that
• not because
• not as though

• I

• had any
• had

• anything against my

• nation.
• nation!
• people.

Acts 28:20

• That is why I

• have asked to
• asked to
• wanted to

• see

• you and
• you and to

• speak with
• talk with

• you.
• you, for

• Iam bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel.”

Acts 28:21

• They
• And they
• The Jews
• Then they

• said to
• answered
• answered, ‘
• replied, “

• him,
• him, “
• Paul, “
• We

• We
• We neither
• have

• have received no
• received

• letters from Judea concerning you, nor

• have any of the
• has any of the
• did any of the

• brothers
• brethren

• come here and

• reported or
• report or

• said anything
• spoken anything
• spoken any
• speak any

• bad about
• evil about
• evil of

• you.
• you,

Acts 28:22

• But we
• We

• would like to
• want to
• desire to

• hear from you what

• you
• your

• think, for
• think; for
• think. For
• views are; for with
• views are, for with
• views are, for, with
• think, for with

• concerning this
• regard to this

• sect
• sect,

• we
• it

• is known to us that it is

• spoken against
• denounced

• everywhere.”

Acts 28:23

• [Translation pending]

Acts 28:24

• Some were
• And some were
• and some were
• Some of them were
• Some of the Jews

• convinced by what
• believed what
• persuaded by what

• he
• Paul

• said, but
• had said, while
• said.
• said;
• said, and

• others,
• others
• Others

• did not believe.
• refused to believe.
• disbelieved.
• would not believe.
• did not.

Acts 28:25

• [Translation pending]

Acts 28:26

• “‘Go to this
• ‘Go to this
• Go to this
• saying, ‘Go to this

• people, and
• people and

• say—“
• say,
• say, “
• say, ‘
• say:

• You

• will
• shall

• indeed

• hear but
• hear, but
• hear and
• hear, and

• never
• not

• understand;
• understand.
• understand,
• understand; And
• understand; and
• understand, and

• you
• You

• will
• shall

• indeed
• keep on

• look, but
• look but
• see but

• never

• perceive”;
• perceive!
• perceive.
• perceive;
• perceive.”
• perceive:
• see.
• see,
• see!
• perceiving.”

Acts 28:27

• For this people
• This people

• ’s heart has

• become
• grown

• dull, And with
• dull, and with
• dull, and
• dull, And
• callous.
• callous,

• their
• Their

• ears are hard of

• hearing, And
• hearing, and

• theyhave

• closed
• shut

• their

• eyes;
• eyes—
• eyes.
• eyes,

• Otherwise
• otherwise
• So that
• so that

• they might not see with their

• eyes, And
• eyes and
• eyes, and
• eyes,

• hear with their

• ears, And
• ears, and
• ears and
• ears,

• understand with their

• heart and
• heart, and
• heart, And
• hearts and

• turn—and
• turn—And
• turn, and

• I would heal

• them. ”’
• them.
• them.’

Acts 28:28

• “Therefore let it
• Therefore, let it
• Therefore let it
• Let it
• So let it
• “I
• “ I

• be
• want

• known to you that this

• salvation of
• salvation from

• God has been sent to the

• Gentiles.
• gentiles;
• Gentiles:
• Gentiles;
• Gentiles, and
• Gentiles; and

• they
• They

• will
• will also

• listen.
• listen.”
• listen!”
• listen to it!”
• listen to it.’
• hear it!”
• hear it;’

Acts 28:29

• [Translation pending]

Acts 28:30

• Paul
• He
• And he

• stayed two
• lived there two

• whole
• full

• years in
• years at

• his own

• rented house, and
• rented house. And
• rented house and
• rented quarters and
• expense and
• expense, and

• welcomed all who
• received all who

• came to
• came to see
• visited
• came and

• him.
• him,
• visited him.

Acts 28:31

• proclaiming the
• preaching the
• He preached about the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• God and

• teaching about the
• taught about the

• Lord Jesus

• Christ, with
• Christ with
• Christ, and no
• Christ. And no
• Christ,
• Christ

• one
• complete
• quite

• boldness and without
• boldness, without
• stopped
• tried to stop

• hindrance!
• hindrance.
• him.