DESTINATION ROME VIA MALTA: A CHALLENGING SEA JOURNEY P/17

  

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A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                  PART XXVIII - IV

"I, Paul, and all those who with me had arrived on the island of Malta, have greatly enjoyed the people's hospitality... It was wonderful to be able to minister among them God's love...We have seen many people come to faith in Christ Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour....And we have seen many people healed and delivered from demonic influences.... We have really felt at home with these precious people... They have become our family in the Lord...However, we knew that the time would eventually come for us to leave... That day happened three months after our arrival in Malta.... The Roman Centurion, who is in charge of us, found another Alexandrian ship that could take us to Italy.. It was then time to say goodbye to our special friends in Malta....They knew that we were in need of supplies before boarding so they very kindly provided us with all that we would need for the journey...We then said our goodbyes.... It was hard to do so....I know that I may not see them again here on earth....But I will see them in heaven one day.... And so 176 of us went on board that ship... And we began our journey to Rome."...Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Paul's departure from Malta for Rome after a three-months stay at that island....

                          ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                               PART XXVIII - IV

Even though God is using Paul to minister His love and care to the people in Malta, Paul knows that he is meant to go to Rome one day. The time for his and the other people's departure for Rome comes three months after their arrival in Malta. By then the islanders are so grateful to Paul that they are more than willing to help him and the other 275 people to get ready to sail once again as you can read in Acts 28:10

They honoured us in many ways and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies needed.

Another ship that is able to take them to Rome has been found as you can read in Acts 28:22

After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in he island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the figure head of the twin gods Castor and Pollux.

After having said their goodbyes, they begin their journey to Rome.

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