Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And from thence, when the brethren—of Rome
heard of us—by letter from Puteoli, and probably by the same conveyance which took Julius' announcement of his arrival.
they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum—a town forty-one miles from Rome.
and the Three Taverns—thirty miles from Rome. Thus they came to greet the apostle in two parties, one stopping short at the nearer, the other going on to the more distant place.
whom when Paul saw, he thanked God—for such a welcome. How sensitive he was to such Christian affection all his Epistles show (Romans 1:9, etc.).
and took courage—his long-cherished purpose to "see Rome" (Acts 19:21), there to proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ, and the divine pledge that in this he should be gratified (Acts 23:11), being now about to be auspiciously realized.
Where we found brethren—not "the brethren" (see on Acts 21:4), from which one would conclude they did not expect to find such [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
and were desired—"requested."
to tarry with them seven days—If this request came from Julius, it may have proceeded partly from a wish to receive instructions from Rome and make arrangements for his journey thither, partly from a wish to gratify Paul, as he seems studiously and increasingly to have done to the last. One can hardly doubt that he was influenced by both considerations. However this may be, the apostle had thus an opportunity of spending a Sabbath with the Christians of the place, all the more refreshing from his long privation in this respect, and as a seasoning for the unknown future that lay before him at the metropolis.
so we went toward Rome.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 28:15:
Ecclesiastes 4:11
Romans 1:10
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