where we found brothers,† and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 28:14 in context
Acts 28:11–17
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After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was “The Twin Brothers.”
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Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
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From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
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where we found brothers,† and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.
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From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.
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When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
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After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
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- The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
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