Acts 28:30

28:30 Paul ¹  lived ²  there two whole years in his own rented quarters ³  and welcomed ⁴  all who came to him,

Acts 13:32

13:32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ⁵ 

Acts 24:27

24:27 After two years ⁶  had passed, Porcius Festus ⁷  succeeded Felix, ⁸  and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison. ⁹ 

¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “stayed.”

³ tn Or perhaps, “two whole years at his own expense.” BDAG 654 s.v. μίσθωμα states, “the customary act. mng. ‘contract price, rent’…is not found in our lit. (Ac) and the pass. what is rented, a rented house is a mng. not found outside it (even Ammonius Gramm. [100 ad] p. 93 Valck. knows nothing of it. Hence the transl. at his own expense [NRSV] merits attention) ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι in his own rented lodgings Ac 28:30 (for the idea cp. Jos., Ant. 18, 235).”

⁴ tn Or “and received.”

⁵ tn Or “to our forefathers”; Grk “the fathers.”

⁹ tn Grk “After a two-year period.”

¹⁰ sn Porcius Festus was the procurator of Palestine who succeeded Felix; neither the beginning nor the end of his rule (at his death) can be determined with certainty, although he appears to have died in office after about two years. Nero recalled Felix in a.d. 57 or 58, and Festus was appointed to his vacant office in a.d. 57, 58, or 59. According to Josephus (Ant. 20.8.9-10 [20.182-188]; J. W. 2.14.1 [2.271-272]), his administration was better than that of his predecessor Felix or his successor Albinus, but Luke in Acts portrays him in a less favorable light: He was willing to sacrifice Paul to court Jewish favor by taking him to Jerusalem for trial (v. 9), regardless of Paul’s guilt or innocence. The one characteristic for which Festus was noted is that he dealt harshly with those who disturbed the peace.

¹¹ tn Grk “Felix received as successor Porcius Festus.”

¹² tn Grk “left Paul imprisoned.”