Acts 28:23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 28:23-29

We have here a short account of a long conference which Paul had with the Jews at Rome about the Christian religion. Though they were so far prejudiced against it, because it was every where spoken against, as to call it a sect, yet they were willing to give it a hearing, which was more than the Jews at Jerusalem would do. It is probable that these Jews at Rome, being men of larger acquaintance with the world and more general conversation, were more free in their enquiries than the bigoted... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 28:16-29

28:16-29 When we arrived in Rome, permission was given to Paul to stay in his own house with the soldier who was his guard. After three days he invited the leaders of the Jews to come to see him. When they had assembled, he proceeded to say, "Brethren, although I have done nothing against the People or against our ancestral customs, I was given over as a prisoner into the hands of the Romans from Jerusalem. When the Romans had investigated my case, they wished to release me because there were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:23

And when they had appointed him a day ,.... When they should meet together, and when both sides might be better prepared to enter into a conversation on the subject of Christianity; and when there might be an opportunity for a more numerous assembly to hear: there came many to him into his lodging ; the same very likely with his own hired house, Acts 28:30 ; hither a large number came at the time appointed, more than those whom Paul first sent for: to whom he expounded ; the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:23

To whom he expounded - the kingdom of God - To whom he showed that the reign of the Messiah was to be a spiritual reign; and that Jesus, whom the Jewish rulers had lately crucified, was the true Messiah, who should rule in this spiritual kingdom. These two points were probably those on which he expatiated from morning to evening, proving both out of the law and out of the prophets. How easily Jesus, as the Messiah, and his spiritual kingdom, might be proved from the law of Moses, any person... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:16-23

A unique prisoner. With the masterliness of inspired history, exceeding brevity itself in the passage before us seems to reveal rather than conceal. A few powerful strokes of the pen portray and very strikingly a hero, and one at the same time as real and unusual as ever lived. Great, indeed, must have been the length and the fullness of detail given, if the method of detail had been the one chosen, in order to attain the result of leaving with us an equally correct and complete... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:16-31

The fall. The main feature in these concluding verses of the Acts of the Apostles, as it is one of the most momentous incidents in the history of God's dealings with mankind, is the fall of Israel from their proper place in the Church of God. For nearly two thousand years, if we date from the call of Abraham, this one family had been separated from the rest of mankind, and eventually received institutions of such wonderful strength and vitality as to keep them separate through centuries of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:17-28

The Christian and the Jew. Here we have the Christian and the Jew brought into close contact; and there seems to have been as fair an opportunity for the latter to understand and appreciate the former as could ever have been granted. With calmness, with the wisdom and fullness of long study and mature experience, the most enlightened Christian apologist presented the case of Christianity to these men of the Jewish faith. We may look at— I. THE INTRODUCTION . Paul felt that his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:23

They came to him into his lodging in great number for there came many to him into his lodging, A.V. ; expounded the matter for expounded, A.V. ; testifying for and testified, A.V.; and persuading for persuading, A.V.; from for out of (twice), A.V. His lodging ; ξενία , elsewhere only in Philemon 1:22 . It may well be the same as the "hired dwelling" in verse 30. Expounded ( ἐξετίθετο ). The verb governs the accusative τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ , as in Acts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:23

The Christian advocate putting forth his pleas. "Persuading them concerning Jesus." Importance of the crisis. Jerusalem. Rome. A few years, and Jerusalem destroyed. Judaism brought Paul in fetters to Rome. The old Jerusalem and the new Jerusalem struggling together. Brief notice of Paul's labors at Rome, and then the book closes. Significant of the fact that the new dispensation was inaugurated. Peculiar population of Rome, representative of the cosmopolitan Roman empire, a fitting ground... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 28:23

Appointed him a day - A day when they would hear him.Into his lodging - To the house where he resided, Acts 28:30.He expounded - He explained or declared the principles of the Christian religion.And testified the kingdom of God - Bore witness to, or declared the principles and doctrines of the reign of the Messiah. See the notes on Matthew 3:2.Persuading them concerning Jesus - Endeavoring to convince them that Jesus was the Messiah.Both out of the law of Moses - Endeavoring to convince them... read more

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