Atos 28:17-19 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 28:17-22

Paul, with a great deal of expense and hazard, is brought a prisoner to Rome, and when he has come nobody appears to prosecute him or lay any thing to his charge; but he must call his own cause; and here he represents it to the chief of the Jews at Rome. It was not long since, by an edict of Claudius, all the Jews were banished from Rome, and kept out till his death; but, in the five years since then, many Jews had come thither, for the advantage of trade, though it does not appear that they... 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 28:17

And it came to pass, that after three days ,.... From his first coming to Rome, when he had hired himself a house, or lodging, and was settled in it, and was rested from the fatigue of his voyage and journey: Paul called the chief of the Jews together : he sent to the principal men among them; for though the Jews, were expelled from Rome in the reign of Claudius, they were now returned, and had their liberty of residing there; very likely by means of Poppea, Nero's concubine, who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:18

Who when they had examined me ,.... About the things laid to his charge, had heard what his accusers had to object to him, and the defence he made for himself: would have let me go ; released him from his bonds, and set him at liberty to go where he pleased: because there was no cause of death in me ; no crime proved upon him, which was worthy of death; and this was the sense of Lysias the chief captain, and of Felix and Festus the Roman governors, and of King Agrippa. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:19

But when the Jews spake against it ,.... His being cleared and dismissed, and desired he might be sent back to Jerusalem, to be tried and judged there, to which Festus seemed inclined: I was constrained to appeal to Caesar ; to prevent the design of the Jews upon him, which was to way lay him and kill him, or by what ways they could, right or wrong, take away his life; and to provide for his own safety: not that I had ought to accuse my nation of ; meaning, that he had no ill design... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:17

Paul called the chief of the Jews together - We have already seen, in Acts 18:2 , that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome; see the note there: but it seems they were permitted to return very soon; and, from this verse, it appears that there were then chiefs, probably of synagogues, dwelling at Rome. I have committed nothing - Lest they should have heard and received malicious reports against him, he thought it best to state his own case. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:17

Verse 17− 17.And after three days. Paul’s humanity − (673) was wonderful, in that, though he had suffered such cruel injuries of his nation, he studied, notwithstanding, to appease the Jews which are at Rome, and he excuseth himself to them, lest they hate his cause, because they hear that the priests do hate him. He might well have excused himself before men, if he passed over these Jews and turned himself to the Gentiles. For though he had continually, in divers places, essayed to bring them... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:19

Verse 19− 19.I was enforced to appeal. This appeal was full of hatred and envy for this cause, because the authority and liberty of the Jewish nation did seem to be sore opprest, who could have been content to have lived with their own laws. Secondly, because his defense was joined with infamy and loss of all the people. Therefore he answereth this objection also, because he was enforced with the stubbornness of his enemies to fly to this fortress [asylum]. For he is excused by necessity,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:16-19

Paul and the Roman Jews. I. A FINAL PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF INNOCENCE . It is full of manly courage and simplicity. It was no subversive teaching or conduct that had brought him into his present position. No definite charge had ever been proved against him. Like the Master, it was as a fulfiller, not as a destroyer, that he had wrought. It was for the "hope of Israel "he had suffered. Great teachers are always fulfillers. But because they see that truth is not stagnant, but... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 28:17-22

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 28:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:16-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:16-23

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