Acts 28:12-31

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:16

The captain of the guard; the praefectus praetorio, being commander-in-chief over the soldiers, and unto whom the prisoners of state were usually committed. Paul was suffered to dwell by himself; God by this means giving Paul an opportunity to go abroad at his pleasure; though chained, as Acts 28:20, yet he might preach the gospel, and that was not bound, 2 Timothy 2:9. And now God is with Paul, as he was with Joseph, in prison, Genesis 39:21, and procures him favour. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:17

Paul called the chief of the Jews together; Paul does this not only out of an extraordinary love which he had for that people, but also because the apostles were commanded to go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Matthew 10:5,Matthew 10:6. The whole economy of the gospel is a doing good for evil. So did our Saviour, who is the author and subject of it; and so must his messengers or ministers do, or they are not like to do any good at all; for the world will hate them, 1 John 3:13. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:18

Examined me; as Festus did in the presence of king Agrippa, Acts 25:26, who, they were both unbelievers, yet justified Paul, acknowledging that he had not committed any thing worthy of bonds, much less of death. Thus our Saviour was declared innocent by Pilate, Luke 23:4,Luke 23:14. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:19

The Jews spake against it; the Jews used all their oratory and interest against Paul, both before Felix and Festus. And had it been in Festus’s power, (which after Paul’s appeal it was not), he would have sacrificed Paul to the malice of the Jews; and by that means got their favour, whom he had so incensed against them. Not that I had aught to accuse my nation of; Paul did not so much want matter, as mind, to accuse the Jews; and he declares, that whatsoever he had suffered, his intentions were... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:20

For the hope of Israel: see Acts 23:6; Acts 24:21. This hope is either, 1. Of the resurrection, as in the forementioned places; and Acts 26:6,Acts 26:7; or: 2. The Messiah; Christ is the hope of Israel, so they pretended for many ages, and him now Paul preached. I am bound with this chain; for though he had his liberty to go abroad, yet he was chained with his right hand to the soldier’s left hand who went with him, and could not possibly be loosened unwittingly from him. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:21

The high priest, and the rest of them that had persecuted Paul, did either despond of their cause, when it should come to be impartially heard; or were supine and negligent in a matter which they pretended so highly to concern their religion; but self-ends, their present ease and reputation, were the main matters they contended for. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:22

Sect, or heresy, for so they called the Christian religion, Acts 24:5,Acts 24:14. Every where it is spoken against; of all conditions of men, governors and people, and in all places; as, Luke 2:34, Christ is said to be a sign that shall be spoken against. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:23

His lodging; the house which he had hired, as Acts 28:16, and Acts 28:30. He expounded and testified the kingdom of God; Paul expounded the Scriptures, and by them proved our Saviour to be the Messiah; and that the kingdom of the Messiah, which God had promised, and Moses and the prophets had foretold, was now come. Persuading them concerning Jesus; using such proofs and arguments as were cogent enough to prove what he asserted; and which also did thoroughly persuade or prevail with several of... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:24

Thus there are different soils into which the word is cast, as appears in the parable of the sower, Matthew 13:19,Matthew 13:20, &c. Thus Paul found by experience what he says, 2 Thessalonians 3:2, that all men have not faith; and the word preached doth not profit, unless it be mixed with faith in them that hear it, Hebrews 4:2. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 28:25

They agreed not among themselves; thus Christ came to send fire on the earth, Luke 12:49; not that the gospel does this in itself; for it is the gospel of peace, Ephesians 6:15, not only betwixt God and man, but betwixt man and man; and if its precepts were observed, love, meekness, and goodness would banish all hatred, pride, and contention out of the hearts and lives of men; but this arises out of the corruption that is in man, and from the evil one that sows his tares amongst us. After that... read more

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