Acts 28:18 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Acts 28:18

16 Now when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but ^aPaul was permitted to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

Paul’s Ministry at Rome

17 And it came to pass after three days that Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. So when they had come together, he said to them: “Men and brethren, ^athough I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet ^bI was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

18 who, ^awhen they had examined me, wanted to let me go, because there was no cause for putting me to death.

19 But when the Jews spoke against it, ^aI was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.

20 For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because ^afor the hope of Israel I am bound with ^bthis chain.”

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Paul called the chief of the Jews together—Though banished from the capital by Claudius, the Jews enjoyed the full benefit of the toleration which distinguished the first period of Nero's reign, and were at this time in considerable numbers, wealth, and influence settled at Rome. We have seen that long before this a flourishing Christian Church existed at Rome, to which Paul wrote his Epistle (see on Acts 20:3), and the first members of which were probably Jewish converts and proselytes. (See Introduction to Romans.)

yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans—the Roman authorities, Felix and Festus.

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