Paul Preaches at Rome
Acts 28:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.BYZ and TR include the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but.
- KJV
- And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.
- LSV
- And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barracks, but Paul was permitted to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.
- YLT
- And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.
- DBY
- And when we came to Rome, [the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but] Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier who kept him.
- DRC
- And when we were come to Rome, Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with a soldier that kept him.
- GNV
- 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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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εἰσήλθομεν (“we came”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἤλθομεν (“we came”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρέδωκεν τοὺς δεσμίους τῷ στρατοπεδάρχῃ (“the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commanders”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- Spelling of εἰσήλθομεν: Westcott–Hort: εἰσήλθαμεν.
- Spelling of Ῥώμην: Tyndale House: ̔Ρώμην.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐπετράπη elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ (“Now”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: εἰσήλθομεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἰσήλθομεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἤλθομεν.
- SBLGNT: ἐπετράπη τῷ Παύλῳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐπετράπη τῷ Παύλῳ; Robinson–Pierpont read ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρέδωκεν τοὺς δεσμίους τῷ στρατοπεδάρχῃ τῷ δὲ Παύλῳ ἐπετράπη.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ὅτε δὲ εἰσήλθομεν εἰς Ῥώμην, ἐπετράπη τῷ Παύλῳ μένειν καθʼ ἑαυτὸν σὺν τῷ φυλάσσοντι αὐτὸν στρατιώτῃ.
- RP2018
- Ὅτε δὲ ἤλθομεν εἰς Ῥώμην, ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρέδωκεν τοὺς δεσμίους τῷ στρατοπεδάρχῃ· τῷ δὲ Παύλῳ ἐπετράπη μένειν καθ’ ἑαυτόν, σὺν τῷ φυλάσσοντι αὐτὸν στρατιώτῃ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὅτε δὲ ἤλθομεν εἰς Ῥώμην, ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρέδωκε τοὺς δεσμίους τῷ στρατοπεδάρχῃ· τῷ δὲ Παύλῳ ἐπετράπη μένειν καθ᾿ ἑαυτόν, σὺν τῷ φυλάσσοντι αὐτὸν στρατιώτῃ.
- SCR1894
- οτε δε ηλθομεν εις ρωμην ο εκατονταρχος παρεδωκεν τους δεσμιους τω στρατοπεδαρχη τω δε παυλω επετραπη μενειν καθ εαυτον συν τω φυλασσοντι αυτον στρατιωτη
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 27:3The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
- Acts 24:23He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
- Acts 28:30–31Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him. Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 1:7–15To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being…
- Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
- Acts 18:2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
- Genesis 39:21–23the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the…
- Acts 27:31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
- Romans 15:22–29That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you. But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you, I hope to see you on my way to…
- Acts 19:21After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
- Acts 2:10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
- Revelation 17:18And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
- 2 Kings 25:8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 40:2The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
- Revelation 17:9This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
- Acts 27:43But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
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