11. Three months later we sailed in a ship that had been docked at Malta for the winter. The ship was from Alexandria in Egypt and was known as “The Twin Gods”.
12. We arrived in Syracuse and stayed for three days.
13. From there we sailed to Rhegium. The next day a south wind began to blow, and two days later we arrived in Puteoli.
14. There we found some of the Lord's followers, who begged us to stay with them. A week later we left for the city of Rome.
15. Some of the followers in Rome heard about us and came to meet us at the Market of Appius and at the Three Inns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and was encouraged.
16. We arrived in Rome, and Paul was allowed to live in a house by himself with a soldier to guard him.
17. Three days after we got there, Paul called together some of the Jewish leaders and said:My friends, I have never done anything to hurt our people, and I have never gone against the customs of our ancestors. But in Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.
18. They looked into the charges against me and wanted to release me. They found that I had not done anything deserving death.
19. The Jewish leaders disagreed, so I asked to be tried by the Emperor.But I don't have anything to say against my own nation.