Acts 28:16
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Acts 28:16 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier guarding him.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
When we arrived in Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that kept him.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And when we were come to Rome, Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with a soldier that kept him.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barracks, but Paul was permitted to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier guarding him.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And when we came to Rome, [the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but] Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier who kept him.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
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.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay under house arrest with a soldier to guard him.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
When we came into Rome, the centurion transferred the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And when he came to Rome the vnder captayne delyvered the presoners to the chefe captayne of the host: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with one soudier that kept him.
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- Appears 8× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Acts 18:2
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Accusative
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Feminine
Full Thayer's Definition
- Ὅτε hóte G3753 “when” Adverb
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- εἰσήλθομεν eisérchomai G1525 “to enter” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Plural
- εἰς eis G1519 “into” Preposition
- τὴν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- Ῥώμην Rhṓmē G4516 “Rome” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- ἐπετράπη epitrépō G2010 “to entrust” Verb, Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- τῷ ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- Παύλῳ Paûlos G3972 “Paul” Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- μένειν ménō G3306 “to remain” Verb, Present, Active, Infinitive
- καθ’ katá G2596 “down” Preposition
- ἑαυτὸν heautoû G1438 “himself” Reflexive pronoun, 3rd person, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- σὺν sýn G4862 “with” Preposition
- τῷ ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- φυλάσσοντι phylássō G5442 “to guard” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- αὐτὸν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- στρατιώτῃ stratiṓtēs G4757 “soldier” Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine
About this verse
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- 17
- words
- 15
- distinct lemmas
- Acts
- section
Cross-references
17Topical passages linked to Acts 28:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Acts 27:3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
- Acts 24:23 He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.
- Acts 28:30–31 Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who were coming to him,
- Romans 1:7–15 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Genesis 37:36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
- Genesis 39:21–23 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- 2 Kings 25:8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 40:2 The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
- Acts 2:10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
- Acts 18:2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
- Acts 19:21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."
- Acts 23:11 The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."
- Acts 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."
- Acts 27:43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
- Romans 15:22–29 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
- Revelation 17:9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
- Revelation 17:18 The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
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Where the printed editions differ
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Extra text
ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρέδωκεν τοὺς δεσμίους τῷ στρατοπεδάρχῃ
“the centurion delivered <the> prisoners to the commanders”
In TRByz Not in NA28NA27TynSBLWHTregὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρέδωκεν τοὺς δεσμίους τῷ στρατοπεδάρχῃ (ho hekatontarchos paredōken tous desmious tō stratopedarchē) 'the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commanders' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz)
Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.
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Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 17 words (15 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Rhṓmē (“Rome”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “Rome” (Rhṓmē) shape what this verse is saying?
- Acts 18:2 shares the word «Rome» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how The Biblical Illustrator and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 16 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 15 distinct Greek lemmas span 17 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Acts 28:16 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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The Biblical Illustrator
Joseph S. Exell
The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Holy Bible
J. R. Dummelow
J. R. Dummelow, A Commentary on the Holy Bible (Macmillan, 1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures (Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical), ed. John Peter Lange, English translation edited by Philip Schaff (1864–1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Scofield Reference Notes
C. I. Scofield
The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament
William Burkitt
William Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament (1700–1703) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
William B. Godbey
William B. Godbey, Commentary on the New Testament (1896–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
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Door43 World Missions Community
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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.