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But I told them that we Romans are not in the habit of handing over any who are accused of a crime before they have met their accusers face-to-face and have had the chance of defending themselves against the accusation.

When they came here, then, I lost no time, but on the very next day I sat in the judgment court and ordered the man to be brought in.

His opponents stood up, but they did not accuse him of any of the evil crimes that I thought they would.

All they had were some arguments with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus, who has died; but Paul claims that he is alive.

But Paul appealed; he asked to be kept under guard and to let the Emperor decide his case. So I gave orders for him to be kept under guard until I could send him to the Emperor."

But I could not find that he had done anything for which he deserved the death sentence. And since he himself made an appeal to the Emperor, I have decided to send him.

But I have nothing definite about him to write to the Emperor. So I have brought him here before you—and especially before you, King Agrippa!—so that, after investigating his case, I may have something to write.

But get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant. You are to tell others what you have seen of me today and what I will show you in the future.

But to this very day I have been helped by God, and so I stand here giving my witness to all, to small and great alike. What I say is the very same thing which the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

But the army officer was convinced by what the captain and the owner of the ship said, and not by what Paul said.

But soon a very strong wind—the one called "Northeaster"—blew down from the island.

But now I beg you, take courage! Not one of you will lose your life; only the ship will be lost.

But we will be driven ashore on some island."

But Paul said to the army officer and soldiers, "If the sailors don't stay on board, you have no hope of being saved."

When day came, the sailors did not recognize the coast, but they noticed a bay with a beach and decided that, if possible, they would run the ship aground there.

But the ship hit a sandbank and went aground; the front part of the ship got stuck and could not move, while the back part was being broken to pieces by the violence of the waves.

But the army officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped them from doing this. Instead, he ordered everyone who could swim to jump overboard first and swim ashore;

The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul's hand and said to one another, "This man must be a murderer, but Fate will not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea."

But Paul shook the snake off into the fire without being harmed at all.

They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after waiting for a long time and not seeing anything unusual happening to him, they changed their minds and said, "He is a god!"