Bible Strands
Acts 28:14
There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — The narrator records Paul’s arrival at Puteoli after the storm-driven voyage to Rome, where he encounters local believers.
The words — The Greek pareklēthēmen (we were entreated) and epimeinai (to remain) denote the formal invitation extended for the group to stay for seven days.
The thread — The seven-day period echoes the waiting intervals in Genesis 7:4 and 8:10, and the discovery of fellow believers upon arrival follows the pattern seen in Acts 19:1.
Why it lands — The text states that believers arranged a week-long stay before Paul entered Rome, showing that God’s purposes advance through organized human hospitality. A reader must recognize that divine provision routinely operates through established community networks rather than isolated events.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Greek words
King James Version
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
Cross-references
- Genesis 7:4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Genesis 8:10 Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
- Acts 19:1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
- Acts 20:6 And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
- Acts 21:4 We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:7 When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
- Psalms 119:63 I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
- Matthew 10:11 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
- John 21:23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
- Acts 9:42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.