Paul in Rome
In Rome, Paul lived two whole years in his own hired house, under guard, preaching to all who came to him.
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Paul came to Rome along the Appian Way, and believers came out to meet him as far as Appii forum and the three taverns, “whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage” (Acts 28:15). He was allowed to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him, and called the chief of the Jews together to tell them why he came in chains.
For two whole years he received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God with all confidence, no man forbidding him, and from Rome, many think, he wrote his letters to the Ephesians, the Philippians, the Colossians and Philemon. Acts ends there, with Paul still preaching. Church tradition says he was put to death on the road to Ostia under Nero.
The basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls stands over the place where he was buried, and in 2006 excavators confirmed a marble coffin beneath its altar long honored as his. To the church in that city he had written years before, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ” (Romans 1:16).
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Acts 28:31, KJV
Where it happened
Rome.
Rome, the capital of the empire.
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Sources and editorial method
Research and editorial references used for this page include:
- The King James Bible, as published by bible-api.com
- The Book of Enoch, translated by R. H. Charles (1917), Project Gutenberg
Every story is told from the King James Bible, and from the Book of Enoch in R. H. Charles’s translation (1917) where a story names it. Every quotation was checked word for word against those texts. Where a place is not known, the page says so. The paintings and the narration were made for the house.
