Acts 28:16

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Summary

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.

Rome

Revelation 17:9

The centurion

Acts 27:3

Captain

Genesis 37:36

2 Kings 25:8

Jeremiah 40:2

But

Bible References

Rome

In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman is seated:

The centurion

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

Captain

And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;

And the captain of the armed men took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God gave word of the evil which was to come on this place:

But

And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,

And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him.

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.