But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.

The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this,

So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.

When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”