12. And putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
13. From there we got underway and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind came up and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
14. where we found brothers, and were implored to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.
15. And from there the brothers, when they heard the news about us, came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns. When he saw them, Paul gave thanks to God and took courage.
16. And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.
17. Now it happened that after three days, he called together those who were the most prominent of the Jews. And when they had assembled, he said to them, “Men and brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, from Jerusalem I was delivered as a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,
18. who, when they had examined me, were wanting to release me, because there was no basis for an accusation worthy of death with me.
19. But because the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar (not as if I had any charge to bring against my own people).