Acts 28:30 - Exposition

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. Hosea 2:12 ; Deuteronomy 23:18 , etc. This may be the ξενία spoken of in Deuteronomy 23:23 , or he may have removed from thence into stone house more commodious for gathering Jews and Christians around him.