Acts 28:14
in Acts 28There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
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ASV
where we found brethren, and were entreated to tarry with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.
KJV
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
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This verse in Acts 28
Commentary
7 notes on this verseWhere we found brethren,.... Christians; which is not to be wondered at, since it was a port much frequented, and where many came and went, of different countries and nations; particularly there were many Jews here, to whom the Gospel was first preached, and to some of them it was the power of God unto salvation in many places, and doubtless was so here: Josephus (c) speaks of Jews in this place, who were deceived by a false Alexander, who pretended to be the son of Herod, a prince of their nation.
This site's exposition
we found brethren
on Acts 28:14-15
Where we found brethren at Puteoli, a Christian community already established there before any apostle Luke names has arrived to plant it, evidence of how far the gospel had already spread by ordinary travel and trade along the routes Rome itself had built. As the Roman believers heard of the approach they came out to meet the party as far as Appii Forum and The Three Taverns, stations forty and thirty miles down the Appian Way, and when Paul saw them he thanked God, and took courage, the we-passage's last quiet human note before Luke's own testimony steps back and Paul's public ministry in Rome begins.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome." Already the preaching has reached to Sicily: see how it has run through even to those lands: at Puteoli also they found some: others also came to meet them. Such was the eagerness of the brethren, it nothing disconcerted them, that Paul was in bonds.
Observe them tarrying a while, and again hasting onwards.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
At Puteoli they found brethren, Christians. Who brought the knowledge of Christ hither we are not told, but here it was, so wonderfully did the leaven of the gospel diffuse itself. God has many that serve and worship him in places where we little think he has.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Where we found brethren - That is, Christians; for there had been many in Italy converted to the faith of Christ, some considerable time before this, as appears from St. Paul’s epistle to the Romans, written some years before this voyage. We went toward Rome - One of the most celebrated cities in the universe, the capital of Italy, and once of the whole world; situated on the river Tiber, 410 miles SSE. of Vienna; 600 SE. of Paris; 730 E. by N. of Madrid; 760 W. of Constantinople; and 780 SE. of London. Long. 12°. 55’. E., lat. 41°.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Brethren - Christian brethren. But by whom the gospel had been preached there is unknown.
The words behind it
15 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| οὗ | hou | where | G3757 → | 24 times |
| εὑρόντες | heurontes | having found | G2147 → | 175 times |
| ἀδελφοὺς | adelphous | [some] brothers | G80 → | 343 times |
| παρεκλήθημεν | pareklethemen | we were entreated | G3870 → | 108 times |
| παρ᾽ | par᾽ | with | G3844 → | 192 times |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἐπιμεῖναι | epimeinai | to remain | G1961 → | 15 times |
| ἡμέρας | hemeras | days | G2250 → | 389 times |
| ἑπτά· | hepta | seven; | G2033 → | 86 times |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οὕτως | houtos | so | G3779 → | 208 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὴν | ten | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Ῥώμην | rhomen | Rome | G4516 → | 8 times |
| ἤλθαμεν. | elthamen | we came. | G2064 → | 628 times |
οὗwhere
houG3757 →24 times
εὑρόντεςhaving found
heurontesG2147 →175 times
ἀδελφοὺς[some] brothers
adelphousG80 →343 times
παρεκλήθημενwe were entreated
pareklethemenG3870 →108 times
παρ᾽with
par᾽G3844 →192 times
αὐτοῖςthem
autoisG846 →5565 times
ἐπιμεῖναιto remain
epimeinaiG1961 →15 times
ἡμέραςdays
hemerasG2250 →389 times
ἑπτά·seven;
heptaG2033 →86 times
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οὕτωςso
houtosG3779 →208 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὴν<the>
tenG3588 →19766 times
ῬώμηνRome
rhomenG4516 →8 times
ἤλθαμεν.we came.
elthamenG2064 →628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
it leads to
- Genesis 7:17
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- Genesis 6:13
Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
- Genesis 7:12
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 6:17
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
- Genesis 6:7
So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that…
- Genesis 7:17
Through
Acts 21:4We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
it leads to
- Acts 20:22–23
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
- Acts 21:10–12
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- Acts 20:22–23
Through
Acts 20:6And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:14–15
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Exodus 12:14–15
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 54; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
