15 And from there the brothers, when they[a] heard the news about us, came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns. When he[b] saw them, Paul gave thanks to God and[c] took courage. 16 And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

Paul and the Jewish Community in Rome

17 Now it happened that after three days, he called together those who were the most prominent of the Jews. And when[d] they had assembled, he said to them, “Men and brothers, although[e] I had done nothing against our[f] people or the customs of our fathers, from Jerusalem I was delivered as a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 28:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 28:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“gave thanks”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Acts 28:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had assembled”)
  5. Acts 28:17 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had done”) which is understood as concessive
  6. Acts 28:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun