Acts 28:11-14

After three months. This would be either February or March. The worst weather would be over. The Twin Gods. This is the literal translation. Castor and Pollux were known as "The Twin Gods," and were favorite sea-gods of the sailors. Their carved figures or images were mounted on the bow of the ship as figureheads. Syracuse. About eighty miles north, on the island of Sicily. Three days. Alexandrian ship usually stopped here, but they may have been waiting for a good wind. From there we sailed on. Some Greek manuscripts imply a wandering route to catch the shifting winds, but the best manuscripts say they simply lifted anchor and sailed on. Rhegium. On the point of the "toe" of Italy. They stayed one day, and then a south wind blew. Puteoli. On the bay, near Naples. This, and Ostia, near Rome, were where the grain ships came in. We found some believers there. There was a church at Rome and many believers in Italy at this time (compare Romans 16). This congregation is in a busy seaport on the route from Palestine to Rome. Who asked us to stay. To eat the Lord's Supper. Compare note on Acts 21:4. Julius permits this.