Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him,
1. Paul spent two years in Caesarea and now we are told he spent two more years in his own rented home in Rome.
2. He was not free to travel, but he was free to have friends come and visit him. He was able to see all who came to see him.
Verse Acts 28:30. _PAUL DWELT TWO WHOLE YEARS IN HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE_] As a state prisoner, he might have had an apartment in the common prison; but peculiar favour was showed him, and he was permitt...
PAUL DWELT TWO WHOLE YEARS - Doubtless in the custody of the soldiers. Why he was not prosecuted before the emperor during this time is not known. It is evident, however Acts 28:21, that the Jews were...
CHAPTER 28 _ 1. In the Island of Melita (Acts 28:1)._ 2. The arrival in Rome (Acts 28:11). 3. Paul calling the chief of the Jews and his message (Acts 28:17). Melita, which means “honey,” is the is...
ACTS 28:30 F. CONCLUSION. These verses take up Acts 28:16 and show us Paul carrying on his mission in Rome undisturbed, preaching as in Acts 28:23. Here the book ends: if the writer has information ab...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
For the space of two whole years, Paul remained there, earning his own living; and it was his custom to receive all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching them the facts about the...
DWELT. Greek. _meno,_ as in Acts 28:16, but texts read _em_. _me_ no (continue) as in Acts 14:22. TWO... YEARS. Greek. _dietia_. See Acts 24:27. This was 61-63 A.D. HIRED HOUSE. Greek. misthoma.
_And Paul_ The proper name is omitted in the oldest MSS., and this omission supports the rejection of Acts 28:29. It is only the insertion of that verse which rendered the word "Paul" here needful to...
Ὁ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ omitted with אABE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 30. ST PAUL’S PREACHING AND NOTICE OF HIS RELEASE 30. ἘΝΈΜΕΙΝΕΝ ΔΈ, _and he remained_. The non-insertion of the proper name by the oldest MSS....
_PAUL REMAINED A PRISONER AT ROME ACTS 28:23-31:_ Many Jews came to Paul's house. He used the Law and the Prophets to talk to them about God's kingdom (church). His goal was to "persuade them concerni...
ΈΝΈΜΕΙΝΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΜΜΈΝΩ (G1696) оставаться, ΔΙΕΤΊΑΝ ΟΛΗΝ целых два года. _асс._ времени. Возможно, этот временной период в два года требовался, чтобы считать обвинителей Павла снявшими о...
AND PAUL DWELT TWO WHOLE YEARS, &C.— Before he was heard by Caesar, or his deputy, upon his appeal. As St. Luke concludes his history with St. Paul's abode at Rome, before his journey into Spain, we m...
AT ROME. Acts 28:16-31. Acts 28:16 And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him. Acts 28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days he c...
30, 31. The narrative is now brought abruptly to a close, by the following statement: (30) "_Now Paul remained in his own hired house two whole years, and received all who came in to him,_ (31) _preac...
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house (SEE THE NOTE AT ) - yet in custody; for it is add...
29 Verse 29 is not in the three manuscripts on which this version is based. 31 This proclamation of the kingdom would include its present abeyance and future manifestation. "That which concerns our L...
28:30 received (d-13) As Luke 8:40 ....
TWO WHOLE YEARS] Such delays of justice were not unusual. In this case the delay was apparently caused, (1) by the loss of the official papers in the wreck, (2) by the non-appearance of the accusers,...
ST. PAUL A PRISONER AT ROME 1. They.. they] RV 'we.. we.' MELITA] RM 'Melitene.' Melita is certainly Malta, and not (as has been erroneously supposed) Meleda off the Illyrian coast. Tradition correct...
ST. PAUL IN ROME (28:16-31) 16. The captain of the guard] either the captain of the prætorian guard (_proefectus proetorio_), or, more probably, the captain of the troops called _frumentarii_, whose...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 28 ON THE ISLAND CALLED MALTA, 28:1-10 V1 We arrived on the shore. We discovered that the island was called Malta. V2 The people who lived ther...
AND PAUL DWELT TWO WHOLE YEARS... — On the probable incidents of this period, see _Excursus on the Later Years of St. Paul’s Life._ The word translated “hired house” (the exact equivalent for the Lati...
ἔμεινε δὲ : Blass (so also Hackett, Lekebusch) makes the important remark that the aorist shows that Paul's condition was changed after the two years, _cf._ ἐκάθισε, Acts 18:11 (see also Burton, pp. 1...
PREACHING IN THE WORLD'S CAPITAL Acts 28:21 It was one of the earliest cares of Paul to summon the leading members of the Jewish community, that he might explain to them his position. He made clear t...
On land new perils threatened. While gathering sticks for a fire, a viper fastened on the apostle's hand. Shaking it off, he was unharmed. This convinced those who watched that he was divine, and they...
After three days in Rome, Paul called for the leaders of the Jews. He explained to them that he was in Rome because of charges brought against him by their brethren in Jerusalem. The authorities had w...
(17) And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, (17) The word of God cannot be bound....
_Two whole years in his own hired lodging. That is, in the lodgings which St. Paul was permitted to hire for himself, and to live there, with a soldier chained to him for his guard. Happy soldier, if...
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, (31) Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with al...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 30._He received all. _The apostle showed an excellent example of constancy, in that he offered himself so willingly to all those which were desirous to hear him. Surely he was not ignorant what grea...
At Melita we find him again exercising his accustomed power among that barbarous people. One sees that God is with him. Evangelisation does not, however, appear in the account of his sojourn there, or...
AND PAUL DWELT TWO WHOLE YEARS IN HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE,.... In a house which he hired with his own money; in which his friends Luke, Aristarchus, and others, dwelt with him; where he was guarded by a s...
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Ver. 30. _And received all that came in unto him_] Being a genuine child of the Church, set forth by tha...
_And Paul dwelt two whole years_ at Rome, _in his own hired house_ Before he was heard by Cesar, or his deputy, upon his appeal; _and received all that came to him_ Whether Jews or Gentiles. _Preachin...
TWO WHOLE YEARS; during that time he was kept as a prisoner, preaching the gospel to such as visited him, and writing it as he had opportunity to others....
Two years at Rome: SUMMARY._ The journey from Melita to Rome is completed without mishap, and Paul takes the opportunity in the capital to speak to the Jews and afterward, to many others, preaching t...
AND PAUL DWELT TWO WHOLE YEARS IN HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE, AND RECEIVED ALL THAT CAME IN UNTO HIM,...
Very soon contacting inhabitants, they found that the island was called Melita, present day Malta. The people are called "barbarous," which only means they were not Greek or Jewish -- not the cultured...
Acts 28:30-31 Paul is now spoken of as living in rented quarters which may infer that Paul has moved to another location in Rome (compare with Acts 28:23). During this time span of two years Paul will...
23-31 Paul persuaded the Jews concerning Jesus. Some were wrought upon by the word, and others hardened; some received the light, and others shut their eyes against it. And the same has always been t...
Of what nation or quality soever they were, Paul preached salvation to them upon the gospel condition of faith and holiness; and in that imitated God and our Saviour, who refuse none that thus come un...
The narrative is now brought abruptly to a close, by the following statement: (30) "_ Now Paul remained in his own hired house two whole years, and received all who came in to him,_ (31) _preaching th...
Acts 28:30 Then G1161 Paul G3972 dwelt G3306 (G5656) two G1333 whole G3650 years G1333 in G1722
‘And he abode two whole years in his own rented dwelling (or ‘at his own expense'), and received all that went in to him, preaching the Kingly Rule of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord...
Acts 28:30. AND PAUL DWELT TWO WHOLE YEARS IN HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE, AND RECEIVED ALL THAT CAME IN UNTO HIM. We must remember that all this time the apostle was a close prisoner of state, although, thro...
TWO WHOLE YEARS (διετιαν ολην). Only here in N.T. and Acts 24:27 which see. During these busy years in Rome Paul wrote Philippians, Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, Epistles that would immortalize...
HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE It has been much disputed whether Paul endured two Roman imprisonments, from A.D. 62 to 68 or one. The tradition from Clement to Eusebius favours two imprisonments with a year of...
Acts 28:1. _And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, bec...
CONTENTS: The landing at Melita. Miracle of the viper's bite. Healing of Publius' father. Paul's arrival at Rome and his ministry there to the Jews. Paul turns to the Gentiles. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Hol...
Acts 28:1. _Melita,_ now Malta. This island seems to have been inhabited by runaways, for _melim,_ in the language of Carthage, is to escape. It was inhabited by a colony of refugees from Carthage, a...
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...
_And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house._ PAUL’S TWO YEARS’ MINISTRY IN HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE Here his biographer takes leave of Paul. The curtain falls on the great actor. The greatest...
_And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard._ ROME AS SEEN BY PAUL Within a circuit of little more than twelve miles more than two millions of inhabit...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 28:30 Paul shared the gospel with ALL, both Jews and Gentiles. This situation continued for TWO WHOLE YEARS (A.D. 60–62). Other sources show that Paul was then released and perhaps t...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:23. INTO his LODGING.—Probably the “hired dwelling,” μίσθωμα, of Acts 28:30, though some (Heschyius, Hackett) consider the term ξενία points to a private house—perhaps that...
EXPOSITION ACTS 28:1 We for _they, _A.V. and T.R. (twice). WAS CALLED. It reads as if it was the answer to their question to the natives, "What is this island called?" MELITA. That Melita is the isla...
Tonight we'd like to just go through the twenty-eighth chapter of Acts and finish this book so that next Sunday night we move into the first two Chapter s of Romans. That's your reading assignment for...
Acts 28:16...
Hired house [μ ι σ θ ω μ α τ ι]. Probably different from the xenia, or lodging - place, where he resided for the first few days, perhaps as the guest of friends, though under custody, and where he rec...
And Paul continued two whole years — After which this book was written, long before St. Paul's death, and was undoubtedly published with his approbation by St. Luke, who continued with him to the last...
Note here, 1. The special favour indulged St. Paul, now. prisoner at Rome, with so much freedom, and without any molestation, to preach the gospel in his own hired house for two years together. Where...