Acts 28:23

many The original is the comparative degree, and implies that the first visitors had been only a small deputation, but that on the set day they and their fellows appeared "in greater numbers."

into his lodging From this it would seem that for the first portion of the time that Paul was in Rome, he was allowed to accept the hospitality of the Christian body, and though chained to his guard, yet to be resident in a house which his friends had provided for him, and where he was, as far as he could be under the circumstances, treated as their guest.

to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God [R. V."expounded the matter, testifying the, &c."] i.e. bearing witness that the Messianic hope, which the Jews all spake of as the kingdom of God, or the kingdom of heaven, had now been revealed.

from morning till evening It is clear from what follows that as in Jerusalem so here, there were some to whom the Apostle's words were not all unwelcome. This accounts for their staying to hear him the whole day through.