Verse 13
13. My bonds in Christ The first result of his imprisonment was a correct and wide-spread intelligence of its true cause and character. We prefer to read, my bonds have become manifest in Christ. Men had come to know that they were connected with Christ, and endured in his service; and that Paul himself was not seditious, turbulent, or a traitor.
All the palace Probably the pretorian camp is meant, the barracks of the imperial lifeguard, perhaps including the detachment quartered near Nero’s palace. The word is never used for the palace of the emperor. See note on Acts 28:16, and the cut of Rome.
All other Literally, and to all the rest. Very likely the people who had become familiar with his case; as to-day we say, “every body else.” Soldier after soldier had attended him, to whom he had spoken of the great salvation; visitors Jews, Christians, and pagans had freely received from his lips the “things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 28:31. Thus soldiers and visitors had learned the true cause of Paul’s imprisonment. To them Christ was preached.
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