Acts 28:14
where, finding brethren, we were entreated to tarry, with them, seven days;—and, thus, towards Rome, we came.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 7:4For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights,—so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.
Psalms 119:63Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.
John 21:23This word, therefore, went forth unto the brethren, that, that disciple, should not die. Howbeit, Jesus did not tell him, he should not die; but, If I will that, he, remain until I come, what is that to thee?
Acts 19:1And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul, passing through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples;
Acts 21:4And, finding up the disciples, we remained there seven days, and they, unto Paul, began to say, through the Spirit, that he would gain no footing in Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Acts 28:12-17
Paul at Rome. 11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. 13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: 14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. 15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as… Read the whole commentary →