Bible Strands
Acts 28:31
Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses visiting Jews and Gentiles from his rented house in Rome at the conclusion of his two-year captivity.
The words — κηρύσσων (kērussōn) means proclaiming and διδάσκων (didaskōn) means teaching, denoting the continuous verbal action Paul maintained without interruption.
The thread — This pattern of public declaration and instruction appears in Matthew 4:23, the early church’s petition for bold speech in Acts 4:29, and Paul’s later request for unimpeded proclamation in Ephesians 6:19.
Why it lands — The text states that Paul’s confinement did not halt his verbal work, requiring the reader to recognize that the kingdom of God and the Lord Jesus Christ remain the fixed content of ministry regardless of external restraint.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
- Ephesians 6:19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
- Matthew 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
- Acts 28:23 So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
- Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- Acts 20:25 Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.
- Philippians 1:14 And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
- 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- Acts 4:31 After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Acts 5:42 Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.