Acts 28:30
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
KJV
Ἐνέμεινεν δὲ διετίαν ὅλην ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι, καὶ ἀπεδέχετο πάντας τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους πρὸς αὐτόν,
Greek NT
Mansit autem biennio toto in suo conducto : et suscipiebat omnes qui ingrediebantur ad eum,
Vulgate
And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him,
ASV
And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging: and he received all that came in to him,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διετία
dietia
noun · 2×
εἰσπορεύομαι
eisporeuomai
verb · 18×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μίσθωμα
misthoma
noun · 1×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀποδέχομαι
apodechomai
verb · 7×
ἐμμένω
emmeno
verb · 4×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅλος
olos
adjective · 109×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Ἐνέμεινεν | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἐνέμεινεν | RP: Ἔμεινεν
- Ἐνέμεινεν — SBLGNT
- Ἐνέμεινεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἔμεινεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: + ὁ Παῦλος
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὁ Παῦλος — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Festus was sent by Nero to be Felix's successor. Under him Paul, having made his defense, was sent bound to Rome. Aristarchus was with him, whom he also somewhere in his epistles quite naturally calls his fellow-prisoner. Colossians 4:10 And Luke, who wrote the Acts of the Apostles, brought his history to a close at this point, after stating that Paul spent two whole years a…
Cross-references
- 2Tim 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
- Acts 28:16 — 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.
- Jer 38:13 — So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
- John 1:39 — He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.