There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
Parallel translations
- WEB where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.
- KJV Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
- NKJV where we found brethren, and were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.
- NASB There we found some brothers and sisters, and were invited to stay with them for seven days; and that is how we came to Rome.
- NLT There we found some believers, who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome.
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Quick answer
At Puteoli Paul finds fellow Christians and stays a week before reaching Rome. The church already exists ahead of the apostle's arrival.
Overview
Believers at Puteoli welcome Paul's company for seven days, evidence that the gospel had spread to Italy before Paul came. Even as a prisoner he enjoys the fellowship of the saints. Luke's terse 'So we came to Rome' marks the climactic reaching of the destination foretold to Paul (Acts 23:11).
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- Gen 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Acts 21:4We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
- Acts 20:6And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
- Acts 21:7–8When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
- Gen 8:10–12Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
- Acts 9:42–43This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
- John 21:23Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
- Matt 10:11Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
- Ps 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
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