Act 28:31 | TNotes | STEP | 28:31 Despite being under house arrest (28:16 ), Paul boldly proclaimed the Kingdom message. • And no one tried to stop him (Greek akōlutōs, “without hindrance”): This single word in Greek is the last word of the book of Acts and one of the keys to its meaning: God’s word cannot be chained, even when its messengers are (2 Tim 2:9 ; see Phil 1:12-14 ). Acts is the story of an unhindered message of Good News, available to all people throughout the world, whether Jew, Gentile, proselyte, rich, or poor. The mission of proclaiming this message is accomplished in the power of the Spirit (Acts 1:8 ); it embraces Jews (3:1–5:42 ), Samaritans (8:1-25 ), converts to Judaism (2:11 ; 13:43 ), “God-fearers” (8:26-40 ; 9:32–11:18 ), and Gentiles (13:1–28:28 ). • Luke ends his account with Paul still under house arrest in Rome (about AD 60–62). Paul was later released and traveled freely. According to tradition, Paul was imprisoned again in Rome about AD 64 and was martyred there during Nero’s persecution of believers.

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‏ Acts 28:31

28:31 ^a Despite being under house arrest (28:16 ^b), Paul boldly proclaimed the Kingdom message.

• And no one tried to stop him (Greek akōlutōs, “without hindrance”): This single word in Greek is the last word of the book of Acts and one of the keys to its meaning: God’s word cannot be chained, even when its messengers are (2 Tim 2:9 ^c; see Phil 1:12-14 ^d). Acts is the story of an unhindered message of Good News, available to all people throughout the world, whether Jew, Gentile, proselyte, rich, or poor. The mission of proclaiming this message is accomplished in the power of the Spirit (Acts 1:8 ^e); it embraces Jews (3:1–5:42 ^f), Samaritans (8:1-25 ^g), converts to Judaism (2:11 ^h; 13:43 ⁱ), “God-fearers” (8:26-40 ^j; 9:32–11:18 ^k), and Gentiles (13:1–28:28 ^l).

• Luke ends his account with Paul still under house arrest in Rome (about AD 60–62). Paul was later released and traveled freely. According to tradition, Paul was imprisoned again in Rome about AD 64 and was martyred there during Nero’s persecution of believers.