Acts 28:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 28:17-20

Acts 28:17-20. And after three days Given to rest and prayer; Paul called the chief of the Jews together His great love to the Jews induced him, wherever he came and found any, to labour in the first place to promote their salvation; and as he was now bound, and could not conveniently go round to them, he sent for the chief of them to come to him, his confinement not being so strict but he had liberty to receive the visits of his friends. He had reason to suppose that they might be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 28:16-31

Paul in Rome (28:16-31)In Rome Paul enjoyed a limited freedom. He was allowed to live in his own house and people could visit him freely, though a Roman soldier guarded him constantly (16; cf. v. 30).Soon after arriving he invited the Jewish leaders in Rome to come and see him. He outlined the events that had brought him to Rome and pointed out that he had done nothing contrary to Jewish law. He made it clear that he brought no accusation against the Jewish people; his appeal to Caesar was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 28:19

spake against . Greek. antilego. See Acts 13:45 . constrained . Greek. anankazo. See Acts 26:11 (the only other occurance in Acts). appeal unto . Greek. epikaleomai. See Acts 25:11 . accuse . Greek. kategoreo. See Acts 22:30 . nation . Greek. ethnos. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:19

19. I was constrained to appeal . . . not that I had aught to accuse my nation of—"I am here not as their accuser, but as my own defender, and this not of choice but necessity." His object in alluding thus gently to the treatment he had received from the Jews was plainly to avoid whatever might irritate his visitors at the first; especially as he was not aware whether any or what information against him had reached their community. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:16-31

5. Ministry in Rome 28:16-31Luke’s purpose in recording Paul’s ministry in Rome included vindicating God’s promises to Paul that he would bear witness there (Acts 23:11; Acts 27:24). Even though a church already existed there, Paul’s ministry in Rome was significant in Luke’s purpose because he was the apostle to the Gentiles. The apostle to the Gentiles was now able to minister in the heart of the Gentile world."Gentiles saw Rome as the center of the earth." [Note: Ibid., p. 726.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:17-20

Paul began immediately to prepare to witness. He wanted to see the leaders of the Jewish community soon for two reasons. He wanted to preach the gospel to them as Jews first. He also wanted to take the initiative in reaching out to them with an explanation of why he was in Rome. He wanted to do so before they arrived at false conclusions concerning his reasons for being there. Estimates of the Jewish population in Rome in the first century vary between 10,000 and 60,000. [Note: Levinskaya, p.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:17-22

Paul’s first conference with the Roman Jewish leaders 28:17-22 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:1-31

St. Paul a Prisoner at Rome1. They.. they] RV ’we.. we.’ Melita] RM ’Melitene.’ Melita is certainly Malta, and not (as has been erroneously supposed) Meleda off the Illyrian coast. Tradition correctly locates the shipwreck in St. Paul’s Bay, about 8 m. NW. of Valetta. 2. The barbarous people] RV ’the barbarians.’ The Gk. word does not imply that they were uncivilised, but only that they were neither Greeks nor Romans.3. Cp. Mark 16:18. As St. Paul was arranging the faggot on the fire, the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:16-31

St. Paul in Rome (28:16-31)16. The captain of the guard] either the captain of the prætorian guard (proefectus proetorio), or, more probably, the captain of the troops called frumentarii, whose camp was on the Coelian hill: see on Acts 27:1. To dwell by himself] This exceptional treatment was due to the favourable report of Festus and the goodwill of the centurion.17. Called the chief of the Jews together] or, ’called together the Jewish community first,’ in accordance with his usual plan of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 28:1-31

Quality of Service Acts 28:2 'No little kindness.' The Revised Version gives us another word, perhaps a richer: 'No common kindness' but a kindness to be remembered, specialising itself in our memory; we can never forget the attentiveness and civility of these barbarous people; truly to the end of the chapter we shall think of all their courtesy as no common kindness. This was not an everyday affair, but wholly special, finely and highly marked by Christian courtesy, as we should say; the... read more

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