Acts 28:16 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 28:16

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.

KJV

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

Paul was so respected that he was permitted to stay by himself; for if the centurion had been favorable to him until now, he became even more favorable. "With a soldier who guarded him," in order to prevent the possibility of new plots against Paul, …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The captain of the guard - Στρατοπεδαρχῃ. This word properly means the commander of a camp; but it signifies the prefect, or commander of the pretorian cohorts, or emperor’s guards.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This privilege was allowed in the case of the better class of prisoners, not accused of any flagrant offense, on finding security--which in Paul's case would not be difficult among the Christians.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὅτε	Hote	When	G3753 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
εἰσήλθομεν	eisēlthomen	we came	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ῥώμην,	Rhōmēn	Rome,	G4516 →
ἐπετράπη	epetrapē	was allowed	G2010 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Παύλῳ	Paulō	Paul	G3972 →
μένειν	menein	to stay	G3306 →
καθ᾽	kath᾽	by	G2596 →
ἑαυτὸν	he'auton	himself	G1438 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
τῷ	tō	who	G3588 →
φυλάσσοντι	phulassonti	is guarding	G5442 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
στρατιώτῃ.¶	stratiōtē	soldier.	G4757 →

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
Acts 27:3
The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
leads to
- Acts 24:23
  He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
- Acts 27:43
  But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
- Isaiah 23:12
  He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
- Acts 27:1
  When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- Matthew 11:21
  “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Through
Acts 24:23
He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
leads to
- Acts 27:3
  The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
Through
Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
leads to
- Genesis 40:4
  The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
- Genesis 37:28
  So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

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