Acts 28:18

Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Who	οἵτινες oitines	G3748	which some · relative pronoun — nominative plural masculine
examined	ἀνακρίναντές anakrinantes	G350	properly · verb — aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
me	με me	G3165	me · personal pronoun — 1st person accusative singular
have	ἐβούλοντο eboulonto	G1014	to "will · verb — imperfect middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
let	ἀπολῦσαι apolusai	G630	to free fully · verb — aorist active infinitive
go	ἀπολύω apolýō	G630	to free fully
because	διὰ dia	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
was	ὑπάρχειν huparchein	G5225	to begin under (quietly) · verb — present active infinitive
no	μηδεμίαν mēdemian	G3367	not even one (man · adjective — accusative singular feminine
cause	αἰτίαν aitian	G156	a cause (as if asked for) · noun — accusative singular feminine
death	θανάτου thanatou	G2288	(properly · noun — genitive singular masculine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
me	ἐμοί emoí	G1698	to me

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Cross-references

Acts 26:31-32 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts 23:29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts 22:24-25 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefor…
Acts 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded t…
Acts 24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge u…
Acts 24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shal…
Acts 25:7-8 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:17-22

Paul, with a great deal of expense and hazard, is brought a prisoner to Rome, and when he has come nobody appears to prosecute him or lay any thing to his charge; but he must call his own cause; and here he represents it to the chief of the Jews at Rome. It was not long since, by an edict of Claudius, all the Jews were banished from Rome, and kept out till his death; but, in the five years since then, many Jews had come thither, for the advantage of trade, though it does not appear that they were allowed any synagogue there or place of public worship; but these chief of the Jews were those of best figure among them, the most distinguished men of that religion, who had the best estates and in…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 28:17

Paul called the chief of the Jews together--Though banished from the capital by Claudius, the Jews enjoyed the full benefit of the toleration which distinguished the first period of Nero's reign, and were at this time in considerable numbers, wealth, and influence settled at Rome. We have seen that long before this a flourishing Christian Church existed at Rome, to which Paul wrote his Epistle (see on Act 20:3), and the first members of which were probably Jewish converts and proselytes. (See Introduction to Romans.) yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans--the Roman authorities, Felix and Festus.

Adam Clarke on Acts 28:17

Paul called the chief of the Jews together - We have already seen, in Act 18:2, that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome; see the note there: but it seems they were permitted to return very soon; and, from this verse, it appears that there were then chiefs, probably of synagogues, dwelling at Rome. I have committed nothing - Lest they should have heard and received malicious reports against him, he thought it best to state his own case.

John Gill on Acts 28:18

Who when they had examined me,.... About the things laid to his charge, had heard what his accusers had to object to him, and the defence he made for himself: would have let me go; released him from his bonds, and set him at liberty to go where he pleased: because there was no cause of death in me; no crime proved upon him, which was worthy of death; and this was the sense of Lysias the chief captain, and of Felix and Festus the Roman governors, and of King Agrippa.

The Church Fathers

"How then is it reasonable," it might be said, "that they should deliver thee up without a cause?" The Roman governors, he says, bear me witness, who wished to let me go. "How was it then that they did not let thee go?" "When the Jews spake against it," he says. Observe how he extenuates in speaking of their charges against him. Since if he had wished to aggravate matters, he might have used them so as to bear harder upon them.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 55

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Dictionary and topics

Melita — (Acts 27:28), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which Paul was being conveyed a prisoner to Rome was wrecked. The bay in which it was wrecked now bears the name of…
Ships — Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and Balaam speaks of the “ships of Chittim” (Num. 24:24). Solomon…

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Acts 28:18

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:17-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 28:17

Adam Clarke on Acts 28:17

John Gill on Acts 28:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Acts 28:18

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:17-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 28:17

Adam Clarke on Acts 28:17

John Gill on Acts 28:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 28:15-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 28:17-20