Acts Chapter 28 verse 30 Holy Bible
And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him,
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And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,
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And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him,
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And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
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Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who were coming to him,
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and Paul remained an entire two years in his own hired `house', and was receiving all those coming in unto him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - He abode for Paul dwelt, A.V. and T.R.; dwelling for house, A.V.; went for came. A.V. Two whole years. Διετία occurs also in Acts 24:27, and διετής in Matthew 2:16; τριετία in Acts 20:31. These forms are frequent in the LXX. His own hired dwelling; ἰδίῳ μισθώματι, only here. The word properly means "hire," the price paid for the use of anything, and then by metonymy "the thing which is hired." It occurs frequently in the LXX. in the sense of" hire" or" wages;" e.g. ties. 2:12; Deuteronomy 23:18, etc. This may be the ξενία spoken of in ver. 23, or he may have removed from thence into stone house more commodious for gathering Jews and Christians around him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) And Paul dwelt two whole years . . .--On the probable incidents of this period, see Excursus on the Later Years of St. Paul's Life. The word translated "hired house" (the exact equivalent for the Latin meritorium, or conductum) means rather a lodging (as in Acts 28:23) or apartment, and does not imply that he occupied a whole house. The words that follow exactly describe his position. He was a prisoner, and therefore was not allowed to go out to preach in the synagogues, or the "churches" in the houses of this or that disciple, or the open places of the city, but his friends were allowed free access to him, and in this way there was probably a wider and more effectual opening for his personal influence than if he had spoken publicly, and so exposed himself to the risk of an organised antagonism. What seemed at first a hindrance to his work was so ordered, as he afterwards acknowledged, that it fell out "rather unto the furtherance of the gospel" (Philippians 1:12).
