Acts 28:16

28:16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live ¹  by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

Acts 28:20

28:20 So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.” ² 

Acts 28:30-31

28:30 Paul ³  lived ⁴  there two whole years in his own rented quarters ⁵  and welcomed ⁶  all who came to him, 28:31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ ⁷  with complete boldness ⁸  and without restriction. ⁹ 

[28:16]  ¹ tn Or “to stay.”

[28:20]  ² sn The hope of Israel. A reference to Israel’s messianic hope. Paul’s preaching was in continuity with this Jewish hope (Acts 1:3; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25).

[28:30]  ³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:30]  ⁴ tn Or “stayed.”

[28:30]  ⁵ 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).”

[28:30]  ⁶ tn Or “and received.”

[28:31]  ⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[28:31]  ⁵ tn Or “openness.”

[28:31]  ⁶ sn Proclaiming…with complete boldness and without restriction. Once again Paul’s imprisonment is on benevolent terms. The word of God is proclaimed triumphantly and boldly in Rome. Acts ends with this note: Despite all the attempts to stop it, the message goes forth.