Lyrics · Acts
To Rome
Acts 21-28
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This song belongs to the Acts collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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[Verse 1]
Paul returned to Jerusalem,
Though warnings shadowed every mile.
A riot rose within the temple;
Soldiers carried him from trial.
On the castle stair he witnessed,
Told the road that changed his name.
A plot of forty men was broken;
Night moved him from their claim.
[Refrain]
To Rome,
Through council, governor, and king.
To Rome,
The witness still must speak.
Chains cannot cancel calling,
Storm cannot erase the road.
To Rome,
The prisoner carried the word.
[Verse 2]
Before Felix, Festus, Agrippa,
Paul declared the risen hope.
He appealed unto Caesar;
The sea became the final scope.
Euroclydon struck the vessel;
Fourteen nights no stars were shown.
Paul urged courage: all lives guarded,
Though the ship would not go home.
[Storm Chorus]
Cut the anchors.
Loosen rudder.
Drive the bow toward unknown shore.
Waves broke shipwood near Melita;
Two hundred seventy-six reached shore.
A viper fastened; Paul shook it;
The island watched and healing came.
[Final Verse]
Three months later, Rome received him,
Soldiers chained him in a house.
For two full years he taught the kingdom,
No man forbidding what he spoke.
To Rome,
The book ends open,
The gospel moving past the page.

