Acts 28:16-30
Rome <4516> [Rome.]
Rome, the capital of Italy, and once of the whole world, is situated on the banks of the Tiber, about sixteen miles from the sea; 410 miles S. S .E. of Vienna, 600 S. E. of Paris, 730 E. by N. of Madrid, 760 W. of Constantinople, and 780 S. E. of London.
<1543> [the centurion.]
<4759> [captain.]
<1161> [but.]
I <1473> [though.]
I was handed over <3860> [was.]
I was forced <315> [I was.]
not <3756> [not.]
for ..................... because of ... hope <1223 1063 1680> [for the.]
chain <5026 254> [this chain.]
That is, the chain with which he was bound to the "soldier that kept him;" (ver. 16;) a mode of custody which Dr. Lardner has shown was in use among the Romans. It is in exact conformity, therefore, with the truth of St. Paul's situation at this time, that he declares himself to be "an ambassador in a chain," [en <\\See definition 1722\\> halusis <\\See definition 254\\>,] (Eph 6:20;) and the exactness is the more remarkable, as [halusis <\\See definition 254\\>,] a chain is no where used in the singular number to express any other kind of custody.
We <2249> [We.]
for <1063> [for.]
sect <139> [sect.]
<2240> [there came.]
he explained <1620> [he expounded.]
both <5037> [both.]
From ....................... from <575> [from.]
unable <800> [agreed.]
rightly <2573> [well.]
Go <4198> [Go.]
keep on hearing <189> [Hearing.]
advised <1110 846 2077> [it known.]
salvation <4992> [the salvation.]
has been sent <649> [sent.]
<4183 4803> [great reasoning.]
<3972> [Paul.]
St. Paul, after his release, is supposed to have visited Jud‘a, in the way to which he left Titus at Crete, (Tit 1:5,) and then returned through Syria, Cilicia, Asia Minor, and Greece, to Rome; where, according to primitive tradition, he was beheaded by order of Nero, A.D. 66, at Aquae Saiviae, three miles from Rome, and interred in the Via Ostensis, two miles from the city, where Constantine erected a church.
<3306> [dwelt.]
