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AndδὲwhenὍτεwe enteredεἰσήλθομενintoεἰςRome,ῬώμηνPaulτῷ Παύλῳwas allowedἐπετράπηto liveμένεινbyκαθ’himselfἑαυτὸνwithσὺνthe soldierτῷ στρατιώτῃwho guardedφυλάσσοντιhim.αὐτὸν
Acts 28:16
Study it in the app“And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 28:16, word by word
- we enteredεἰσήλθομενeisēlthomen
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthomen” appears- RomeῬώμηνRhōmēn
Rome
See it on the mapWhere else “Rhōmēn” appears- PaulΠαύλῳPaulōi
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulōi” appears- was allowedἐπετράπηepetrapē
permit
Permit, allow.
Where else “epetrapē” appears- to liveμένεινmenein
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “menein” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- the soldierστρατιώτῃstratiōtēi
soldier
Soldier.
Where else “stratiōtēi” appears- who guardedφυλάσσοντιphylassonti
guard
To watch over something or someone.
Where else “phylassonti” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts add, “the centurion handed the prisoners over to the camp prefect.”
Places in this verse
Rome
Today: Rome, capital of Italy
The capital of the Roman Empire, in central Italy today, on the Tiber River.
Paul came there as a prisoner and preached two years without hindrance (Acts 28:16, 30-31). He wrote his longest letter to the believers in Rome (Rom 1:7).
The context
15And from there the brothers, having heard the news about us, came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, thanking God, he took courage.
16 · This verse (above)
17And it happened after three days that he called together the leading men of the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
To study Acts 28 in a group
1. What it says
How did the people of Malta treat the shipwrecked, and what happened to Paul and the viper? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
The last verses say Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God "without hindrance" (vv. 30-31). What does it suggest to you that the book ends this way?
3. How I live it
The people of the island welcomed strangers with kindness (v. 2). Whom could you welcome or help this week?