Acts 28:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, ”

• Acts 28:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 Je...

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• Acts 28:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (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.

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• Acts 28:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 infor...

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• Acts 28:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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....

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• Acts 28:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 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...

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• Acts 28:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house - As a state prisoner, he might have had an apartment...

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• Acts 28:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 Spai...

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• Acts 28:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 Acts 28:23 ) - yet in cust...

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• Acts 28:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 co...

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• Acts 28:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 L...

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• Acts 28:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Preaching in the World's Capital Acts 28:21-31 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 mad...

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• Acts 28:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 the...

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• Acts 28:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 a...

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• Acts 28:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Acts 28:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 28:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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. Preachi...

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• Acts 28:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 culture...

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• Acts 28:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul Preaches Two Years at Rome.       30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,...

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• Acts 28:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 u...

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• Acts 28:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘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...

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• Acts 28:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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—per...

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• Acts 28:30 - Scofield Reference Notes

  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 y...

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• Acts 28:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Acts 28:1-3 . 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...

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• Acts 28:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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,...

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• Acts 28:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 inh...

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• Acts 28:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 Meli...

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• Acts 28:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

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• Acts 28:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 28:16

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• Acts 28:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 l...

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