(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

Agrippa said to Festus, “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, “you will hear him.”

For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him.”

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

But Paul replied, “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, but am speaking true and rational words.

and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.

But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.

When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

From there we cast off and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

“Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”