Acts 28:14 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 28:14

There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Where 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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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 Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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°.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὗ	hou	where	G3757 →
εὑρόντες	heurontes	having found	G2147 →
ἀδελφοὺς	adelphous	[some] brothers	G80 →
παρεκλήθημεν	pareklēthēmen	we were entreated	G3870 →
παρ᾽	par᾽	with	G3844 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
ἐπιμεῖναι	epimeinai	to remain	G1961 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
ἑπτά·	hepta	seven;	G2033 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Ῥώμην	Rhōmēn	Rome	G4516 →
ἤλθαμεν.	ēlthamen	we came.	G2064 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 7:4
For 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.”
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…
Through
Acts 21:4
We 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.
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.
Through
Acts 20:6
And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
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.

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