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but I preached from the first to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judaea; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance.

But unto this day God hath helped me; and lo, I stand and bear testimony, to the small and to the great; yet saying nothing aside from Moses and the prophets, but the very things which they declared were to take place:

Paul replied to him: I am not deranged, excellent Festus; but speak words of truth and rectitude.

And Paul said: I would to God, that not only thou, but likewise all that hear me this day, were almost, and altogether, as I am, aside from these bonds.

and said: Men, I perceive that our voyage will be [fn] with peril, and with much loss, not only of the cargo of our ship, but also of our lives.

But the centurion listened to the pilot, and to the owner of the ship, more than to the words of Paul.

And now, I counsel you to be without anxiety; for not a soul of you will be lost, but only the ship.

And when it was day, the sailors knew not what land it was: but they saw on the margin of the land an inlet of the sea; whither, if possible they intended to drive the ship.

And the ship struck upon a shoal between two channels of the sea, and stuck fast upon it. And the forward part rested upon it, and was immovable; but the after part was shattered by the violence of the waves.

But the centurion kept them from it, because he was desirous to preserve Paul. And those who were able to swim, he commanded to swim off first, and pass to the land.

But Paul shook his hand, and threw the viper into the fire: and he received no harm.

And, as the Jews withstood me, I was compelled to utter an appeal to Caesar; but not because I had any thing of which to accuse the people of my nation.

But we are desirous to hear from thee what thou thinkest; for this doctrine, we know, is not received by any one.

because they knew God, and did not glorify him and give thanks to him as God, but became vain in their imaginings, and their unwise heart was darkened.

These, while they know the judgment of God, that he condemneth those to death who perpetrate such things, are not only doers of them, but the companions of such as do them.

But, because of the hardness of thy unrepenting heart, thou art treasuring up a store of wrath against the day of wrath, and against the revelation of the righteous judgment of God:

but to them who are obstinate and obey not the truth, but obey iniquity, to them he will retribute wrath and ire.

but glory and honor and peace to every one that doeth good; to the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles.

(for not the hearers of the law, are righteous before God; but the doers of the law are justified;

But if thou, who art called a Jew, and reposest thyself on the law, and gloriest in God,