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AICNT {He}[fn] lived there two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him,
OEB For two whole years Paul stayed in a house which he rented for himself, welcoming all who came to see him,
2DT He remained two whole years at his own wage and he received all journeying to him,
WEBBE Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house and received all who were coming to him,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,
LSV and Paul remained an entire two years in his own hired [house], and was receiving all those coming in to him,
FBV For two full years Paul stayed there in the house he rented, welcoming everyone who came to see him.
TCNT For two whole years Paul stayed in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to him,
T4T For two whole years Paul stayed there in a house that he rented. Many people came to see him, and he received them all gladly and talked with them.
LEB So he stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and welcomed all who came to him,
BBE And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth After this Paul lived for fully two years in a hired house of his own, receiving all who came to see him.
ASV And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him,
DRA And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging; and he received all that came in to him,
YLT and Paul remained an entire two years in his own hired [house], and was receiving all those coming in unto him,
Drby And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him,
RV And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him,
Wbstr And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in to him,
KJB-1769 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
KJB-1611 And Paul dwelt two whole yeeres in his owne hired house, and receiued all that came in vnto him,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house, and receaued all that came in vnto hym,
(And Paul dwelt two years full in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,)
Gnva And Paul remained two yeeres full in an house hired for himselfe, and receiued all that came in vnto him,
(And Paul remained two years full in an house hired for himself, and received all that came in unto him, )
Cvdl But Paul abode two whole yeares in his owne hyred dwellinge, & receaued all the yt came in vnto hi,
(But Paul abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all the it came in unto hi,)
TNT And Paul dwelt two yeares full in his lodgynge and receaved all that came to him
(And Paul dwelt two years full in his lodgynge and received all that came to him )
Wycl And he dwellide ful twei yeer in his hirid place; and he resseyuede alle that entryden to hym,
(And he dwelled/dwelt full two year in his hired place; and he received all that entryden to him,)
Luth Paulus aber blieb zwei Jahre in seinem eignen Gedinge und nahm auf alle, die zu ihm kamen,
(Paulus but blieb two years in his eignen Gedinge and took on all, the to him kamen,)
ClVg Mansit autem biennio toto in suo conducto: et suscipiebat omnes qui ingrediebantur ad eum,[fn]
(Mansit however biennio toto in his_own conducto: and suscipiebat everyone who ingrediebantur to him, )
UGNT ἐνέμεινεν δὲ διετίαν ὅλην ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι, καὶ ἀπεδέχετο πάντας τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους πρὸς αὐτόν,
(enemeinen de dietian holaʸn en idiōi misthōmati, kai apedeⱪeto pantas tous eisporeuomenous pros auton,)
SBL-GNT ⸀Ἐνέμεινεν ⸀δὲ διετίαν ὅλην ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι, καὶ ἀπεδέχετο πάντας τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους πρὸς αὐτόν,
(⸀Enemeinen ⸀de dietian holaʸn en idiōi misthōmati, kai apedeⱪeto pantas tous eisporeuomenous pros auton,)
TC-GNT [fn]Ἔμεινε δὲ [fn]ὁ Παῦλος διετίαν ὅλην ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι, καὶ ἀπεδέχετο πάντας τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους πρὸς αὐτόν,
(Emeine de ho Paulos dietian holaʸn en idiōi misthōmati, kai apedeⱪeto pantas tous eisporeuomenous pros auton, )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
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Paul Is Imprisoned for the Gospel
As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.