Acts · Chapter 28

[ edit] And whanne we hadden ſcapid, þanne we knewen þat þe yle was clepid Mitilene. Soþli barbaris, or heþene men, ȝauen to vs not litil humanyte, or curteſye. Forſoþ a fyer kyndlid, þei refetiden, or refreiſchiden, vs alle, for þe reyn þat cam nyȝ, and cold. Soþli whanne Poul hadde gederid ſum multitude of kittingis of vynes, and ynputt on þe fyer, an eddre, whanne ſhe cam forþ fro þe heete, aſailide his hond. Þerfore as barbares ſyȝen þe beeſt hangynge in his hond, þei ſeiden to gidere, Soþli þis man is a man quellere; which whanne he ſcapide fro þe ſee, Goddis veniaunce ſuffriþ him not for to lyue. And he ſoþli ſchakinge of þe beeſt into þe fyer, ſuffride no þing of yuel.

And þei geſſiden him to be turned into ſwellinge, and ſudenly to fallinge, and for to deie. Forſoþe hem longe abidinge, and ſeynge no þing of yuel for to be don in him, þei turnynge to gidere, ſeiden him for to be God. Forſoþe in þo places weren maneres, or feeldis, of þe prince of þe yle, Puplius by name, þe which reſceyuynge vs þre dayes benygnely, or wiþ good loue, fond vs. Soþli it bifel, þe fadir of Puplius for to ligge trauelid wiþ feueres and diſſenterie, or flix. To whom Poul entride, and whanne he hadde preied, and putt þe hondis to him, he ſauyde him. Which þing don, alle þat in þe yle hadden ſykeneſſis, camen to, and weren curid, or heelid.

Whiche alſo honowriden vs in many worſchipis, and to vs ſchippinge, ynputtiden what þingis weren neceſſarie. Forſoþ aftir þre moneþis we ſchippiden in a ſchip of Aliſaundre, þat hadde wyntrid in þe yle, to which was a noble þing of caſtels. And whanne we camen to Siracuſan, we dwelliden þere þre dayes. Fro þennis we ſchippinge aboute, bicamen to Regioum; and aftir o day, þe ſouþ blowynge, in þe ſecunde day we camen to Puteolos. Where breþeren foundun, we ben preied for to dwelle þere anentis hem ſeuene dayes. And ſo we camen to Rome. And fro þennus, whanne breþeren hadden herd, þei runnen to vs til to þe cheping of Appius, and to a place þat is clepid Þre tauernes.

Whom whanne Poul hadde ſeyn, he doynge þankinges to God, toke triſt. Soþeli whan we camen to Rome, it is ſuffrid to Poul for to dwelle to him ſilf, wiþ oo kniȝt kepynge him. Forſoþe aftir þe þridde day, he clepide to gydere þe firſte of Jewis. And whan þei camen, he ſeide to hem, Men briþeren, I doynge no þing aȝens þe puple or cuſtom of fadirs, I bounden at Jeruſalem, am bitakun in to þe hondes of Romayns. Whiche whan þei hadden axinge of me, wolden diſmytte me, for þat no cauſe of deeþ was in me. But Jewis aȝenſeiynge, I am conſtreyned for to apeele Ceſar; not as hauynge ony þing for to accuſe my folk.

Þerfore for þis cauſe I preyede for to ſee ȝou, and ſpeke to; forſoþe for þe hope of Yrael I am gyrd aboute wiþ þis cheyne. And þei ſeiden to him, Neþer we han receyued lettres of þee from Judee, neþer ony of briþeren comynge to ſchewide, or ſpake ony yuel þing of þee. Soþeli we preyen for to here of þee, what þingis þou feeliſt; forwhi of þis ſecte it is knowun to vs, for euery where it is aȝen ſeid to it. Soþeli whan þei hadden ordeyned a day to him, mo camen to him in to þe hooſt, or herbore. To whom he expounede, witneſſinge þe kyngdom of God, and counſeilede hem of Jheſu, of þe lawe of Moyſes, and prophetis, fro þe moru til to euentijde.

And ſumme bileueden to þes þingis þat weren ſeid of Poul, ſumme bileueden not. Whan þei weren not conſentinge to gydere, þei departiden, Poul ſeiynge oo word, For þe Holy Gooſt ſpake wel by Yſaie, þe prophet, to oure fadirs, ſeiyng, Go þou to þis puple, and ſeie to hem, Wiþ ere ȝe ſhulen here, and ȝe ſhulen not vndirſtonde; and ȝe ſeeynge ſhulen ſee, and ȝe ſhulen not biholde. Þe herte of þis puple is infattid, and wiþ eris þei herden greuouſli, and þei preſſiden to gydere her iȝen, leſt perauenture þei ſeen wiþ iȝen, and wiþ erys here, and bi herte vndirſtonde, and be conuertid, and I heele hem. Þerfore be it knowen to ȝou, for to heþen men þis helþe of God is ſent, and þei ſhulen here.

And whan he hadde ſeid þes þinges, Jewis wenten out fro him, hauynge miche queſtioun, or ſeking, among hem ſilf. Soþeli he dwellide alle two ȝeer in his hijrid place; and he receyuede alle þat entriden to him, prechinge þe kyngdom of God, and techinge what þinges ben of þe Lord Jheſu Criſt, wiþ al triſt, wiþ outen forbeding. Here endiþ þe book of Apoſtle Deedis.