# Acts 28

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/28

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. After escaping safely, we then recognized that the island is called Melita.
2. The barbarians showed us no ordinary kindness, for after kindling a fire they welcomed all of us because of the coming rain and because of the cold.
3. When Paul gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out from the heat and fastened on his hand.
4. When the natives saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having escaped the sea, Justice did not allow to live.”
5. He shook the beast off into the fire and suffered no harm.
6. They expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after observing him expectantly for a long time and seeing nothing harmful happen to him, they revised their opinion and declared him a god.
7. In the vicinity of that place were estates belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and kindly hosted us three days.
8. Publius’s father was bedridden with fevers and dysentery. Paul went in to him, prayed, laid his hands on him, and healed him.
9. After this had happened, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed.
10. They also honored us with abundant honors, and as we set sail, they provided us with everything we needed.
11. After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered on the island, bearing the sign Castor and Pollux.
12. And putting in at Syracuse, we stayed three days.
13. From there, having sailed around, we arrived at Rhegium; and after one day, when a south wind arose, the next day we came to Puteoli.
14. Where we found brothers, we were urged to stay with them seven days. So we came to Rome.
15. From there, when the brothers heard the news about us, they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. Seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
16. When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier guarding him.
17. After three days he called together the leading Jews who were there. When they had gathered, he said to them, "Men, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ancestral customs, yet as a prisoner from Jerusalem I was handed over into the hands of the Romans."
18. who, when they had questioned me, wanted to release me because no cause of death existed in me.
19. But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar—not as though I had anything to accuse my nation of.
20. For this reason, therefore, I requested you to see and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
21. They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea about you, nor did any of the brothers come and report or speak any evil about you."
22. But we want to hear from you what you think. For indeed, concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is contradicted.
23. When they had set a day for him, many came to him at his lodging, where he laid out God's kingdom for them, testifying earnestly and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening.
24. And some were being persuaded by what was being said, but others disbelieved.
25. Disagreeing with one another, they departed after Paul spoke one word: "The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers."
26. saying, “Go to this people and say, ‘Hearing you will hear, and never understand; seeing you will see, and never perceive.’”
27. For this people's heart has grown thick, and with their ears they heard heavily, and they closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, turn, and I heal them.
28. Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the nations, and they will listen.
29. After saying these things, the Jews departed, disputing vigorously among themselves.
30. He stayed two full years in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to him.
31. Declaring God's kingdom and teaching the things about the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.

## Nearby chapters

[Acts 27](https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/27.md)
[Romans 1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/romans/1.md)

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