When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    And when he came to Rome the vnder captayne delyvered the presoners to the chefe captayne of the host: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with one soudier that kept him.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that kept him.

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Cross-references (17)

Passages linked to Acts 28:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Acts 27:3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
  • Acts 24:23 He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.
  • Acts 28:30-31 Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house and received all who were coming to him, preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
  • Romans 1:7-15 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers, requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you. For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles. I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish. So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
  • Genesis 37:36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
  • Genesis 39:21-23 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.
  • 2 Kings 25:8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
  • Jeremiah 40:2 The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, “Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
  • Acts 2:10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
  • Acts 18:2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
  • Acts 19:21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
  • Acts 23:11 The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
  • Acts 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
  • Acts 27:43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
  • Romans 15:22-29 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you, but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you, whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while. But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints. For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things. When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain. I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.
  • Revelation 17:9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
  • Revelation 17:18 The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

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Explain this verse (24 sources)

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 16. The centurion delivered the prisoners. Luke doth signify…

16. The centurion delivered the prisoners. Luke doth signify that Paul had more liberty granted him than the rest; for his condition and estate was peculiar. For he was suffered to dwell in an house by himself, having one keeper with him, whereas the rest were shut up in the common prison. For the general captain knew by Festus’ report that Paul was guiltless; and the centurion, as it is likely, did faithfully rehearse such things as might serve to bring him into favor. Notwithstanding, let us know that God did govern from heaven the bonds of his servant; not only that he might ease him of his trouble, but that the faithful might have freer access unto him. For he would not have the treasure of his faith shut up in prison, but he would have it laid open, that it might enrich many far and wide. And yet Paul was not so at liberty, but that he did always carry a chain. Luke calleth the general captain στρατοπεδαρχης, who was appointed over the army which kept the city, as histories make mention.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Not in a common prison, but in a house…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The captain of the guard; the praefectus praetorio, being…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain Now is the great apostle landed and lodged a…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when we came to Rome,.... To the city…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain With the soldier - To whom he was chained,…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. The captain of the guard] στρατοπεδαρχη. This…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Act 28:16. And when we came to Rome, the…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The captain of the guard - The commander of…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain To dwell by himself, with a soldier that guarded…
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain when we came to Rome--the renowned capital of the…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Came to Rome—Starting from the Three Taverns, our…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. And when we came to Rome] There was…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) And when we came to Rome.—This journey led…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Entered into for came to, A.V. and T.R.; the…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered…
William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 16. He is permitted to select his quarters and…
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain St. Paul in Rome (28:16-31)
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain 16. Finally, the gates of "the eternal city," as…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain a soldier
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 28:16 Paul was allowed to have his own .…

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