And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by (f) himself with a soldier that kept him.
(f) Not in a common prison, but in a house which he rented for himself.
ACTS 28:16 evpetra,ph tw|/ Pau,lw| {A} The Western text expands evpetra,ph tw|/ Pau,lw| into o` e`kato,ntarcoj pare,dwke tou.j desmi,ouj tw|/ stratopeda,rcw|( tw|/ de. Pau,lw| evpetra,ph (“the centur...
Verse Acts 28:16. _THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD_] στρατοπεδαρχη. This word properly means the _commander of a camp_; but it signifies the _prefect_, or _commander of the pretorian cohorts_, or _emperor's_...
THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD - The commander of the Praetorian cohort, or guard. The custom was, that those who were sent from the provinces to Rome for trial were delivered to the custody of this guard....
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...
WELCOME AT MALTA (Acts 28:1-6)...
When we arrived in Rome, permission was given to Paul to stay in his own house with the soldier who was his guard. After three days he invited the leaders of the Jews to come to see him. When they had...
HOME. Compare Acts 19:21; Acts 23:11. The purpose was fulfilled, but perhaps not in the way Paul expected. CENTURION. Greek. _hekatontarchos._ See Acts 21:32. Most texts omit this clause. DELIVERED....
_And when we came to Rome_ There was much that might have been said of this land journey from Puteoli to Rome, and the writer of the Acts was one of the fellow-travellers. But it is foreign to his pur...
Ὁ ἙΚΑΤΌΝΤΑΡΧΟΣ ΠΑΡΈΔΩΚΕ ΤΟῪΣ ΔΕΣΜΊΟΥΣ ΤΩ͂Ι ΣΤΡΑΤΟΠΕΔΆΡΧΗΙ omitted with אABI. Not represented in _Vulg_. 16. ὍΤΕ ΔῈ ΕἸΣΉΛΘΟΜΕΝ ΕἸΣ ῬΏΜΗΝ, _and when we came to Rome_. There was much that might have been...
THE VOYAGE FROM MALTA, AND THE ARRIVAL IN ROME...
_PAUL FINALLY REACHED ROME ACTS 28:11-16:_ They were on the Island for three months. They departed for Italy on a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered there, whose sign was Castor and Pollux “The Tw...
ΕΊΣΉΛΘΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 28:8. ΈΠΕΤΡΆΠΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΕΠΙΤΡΈΠΩ (G2010) разрешать, позволять, с _inf._ ΜΈΝΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306) оставаться, ΚΑΘ' ΈΑΥΤΌΝ (G2596; G1...
TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD:— It was customary for prisoners who were brought to Rome, to be delivered to this _praefect,_ or _captain of the praetorian band,_ who had the charge of the state prisoner...
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...
16. Finally, the gates of "the eternal city," as it was proudly styled, were entered. The prisoners were at the end of their long journey, and soon learned the disposition to be made of them for the t...
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. And when we came to Rome - or, 'ha...
9 Three months busy with blessing thus came out of the catastrophe. Had the ship wintered in Cnidus, as they had wished, or at Ideal Harbors, as Paul proposed, the ship and cargo might indeed have bee...
28:16 prefect, (d-16) The commanding officer of the Emperor's bodyguard...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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 WHEN WE CAME TO ROME. — This journey led them through Aricia (now _La Riccia_)_,_ where they would probably either stop for the night or for their noon-tide meal. From that point, as they neared t...
ἤλθομεν, see critical note. They would enter by the Porta Capena. On the words which follow see critical note. They are retained by Blass and Ramsay, although these writers differ as to their interpre...
STILL SEEKING HIS OWN KINSMEN Acts 28:11 Paul went toward Rome, as we have seen, under very different circumstances from those that he originally anticipated; but, after all, they gave him the greate...
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...
Paul's Completes His Journey to Rome! They set sail aboard another Alexandrian ship after three months, likely after the worst of the winter storms were over. Their first stop was at Syracuse, then Rh...
To dwell by himself, with a soldier that guarded him. St. Paul was chained, as it appears by the 20th verse: and it was the custom to fasten one end of the chain by a lock ot the prisoner's wrist, and...
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. (12) And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. (13) And from t...
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...
− 16._The centurion delivered the prisoners. _Luke doth signify that Paul had more liberty granted him than the rest; for his condition and estate was peculiar. For he was suffered to dwell in an hous...
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 WHEN WE CAME TO ROME,.... To the city itself: THE CENTURION DELIVERED THE PRISONERS TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD; or general of the army; or, as some think, the governor of the "praetorian" band o...
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. Ver. 16. _Paul was suffered to dwe...
_And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard_ Or prefect of the pretorian band, according to his commission. It was customary for prisoners who were bro...
WITH A SOLDIER; to whom he is supposed to have been chained....
AND WHEN WE CAME TO ROME, THE CENTURION DELIVERED THE PRISONERS TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD; BUT PAUL WAS SUFFERED TO DWELL BY HIMSELF WITH A SOLDIER THAT KEPT HIM. The stay at Melita was made as shor...
From Melita to Rome:...
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...
NOW WHEN WE CAME TO ROME, THE CENTURION DELIVERED THE PRISONERS TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD; BUT PAUL WAS PERMITTED TO DWELL BY HIMSELF WITH THE SOLDIER WHO GUARDED HIM. 1. Now, they arrive in Rome....
"Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who was guarding him" That is, he was allowed to live in. private dwelling, while remaining under constant supervision. Paul was treated with kind...
11-16 The common events of travelling are seldom worthy of being told; but the comfort of communion with the saints, and kindness shown by friends, deserve particular mention. The Christians at Rome...
THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD; the _praefectus praetorio, _ being commander-in-chief over the soldiers, and unto whom the prisoners of state were usually committed. PAUL WAS SUFFERED TO DWELL BY HIMSELF; G...
16. Finally, the gates of "the eternal city," as it was proudly styled, were entered. The prisoners were at the end of their long journey, and soon learned the disposition to be made of them for the t...
Acts 28:16 Now G1161 when G3753 came G2064 (G5627) to G1519 Rome G4516 centurion G1543 delivered G3860 ...
‘And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.' Thus entering Rome in humble triumph the King's representative was allowed to live by himself ...
_Paul at RomeHis work in the Capital,_ 16-31. Acts 28:16. DELIVERED THE PRISONERS TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD. This officer (στρατοπεδαρχηής _, prefect of the prætorian guard)_ is named in the singula...
PAUL WAS SUFFERED TO ABIDE BY HIMSELF (επετραπη τω Παυλω μενειν καθ' εαυτον). Second aorist passive of επιτρεπο, to permit or allow. Literally, "It was permitted to Paul to abide by himself." Some l...
A SOLDIER The soldier that guarded him. (Acts 24:23); (Acts 27:3)....
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...
THE BROTHERS IN ROME HEARD ABOUT US. They already had Paul's Letter to the Romans, and probably there were some of his own converts in this group. His week in Puteoli gives them time to hear and come...
_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 28:16 Allowing PAUL to provide his own housing points to his high status as a prisoner and perhaps to the support of local believers. ⇐
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 28:11. AFTER THREE MONTHS.—The departure from Malta took place in the following spring, probably towards the end of January—and once more in an Alexandrian ship (compare Acts 2...
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...
2 Kings 25:8; Acts 18:2; Acts 19:21; Acts 2:10; Acts 23:11;...
The centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard. The best texts omit....
With the soldier — To whom he was chained, as the Roman custom was....
Now is the great apostle landed and lodged. prisoner at Rome, according to the divine prediction, BE OF GOOD CHEER, PAUL: AS THOU HAST TESTIFIED OF ME AT JERUSALEM, SO SHALT THOU BEAR WITNESS ALSO AT...