
The Gospel Reaches Rome: Acts 28:16-31
When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Rome at last. The journey that began with arrest in Jerusalem, continued through trials before governors and kings, survived a shipwreck—now ended at the empire's heart. Paul allowed unusual freedom: his own residence. But still a prisoner: a soldier guarding, a chain connecting.
Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders.
Paul's pattern held. To the Jew first. Even in Rome, even in chains, he sought the Jewish community.
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