For two years Paul lived there. Christians in Rome and other places supported Paul during this time (compare Philippians 4:18 and note). Paul was able to do a great work here at Rome! This was God's providence in action (see note on Acts 28:16). Paul's career ends here in Acts. Traditional history says he was released from his imprisonment, and made touts of missions to Spain and to the East. But Scripture tells us nothing of this. Later he was again accused by his Jewish enemies, this time to be put in the common prison, during which time he wrote 2 Timothy. Just a few months after that, he was executed at Rome in 67 or 68 A.D. Ramsay says Paul had been a Christian for 35 years, and was sixty-eight years of age when he was executed.

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