Paul under house arrest in Rome
Acts 28:16–31; Philippians 1:12–14
In Rome Paul lived for two whole years in his own rented lodging, chained to a soldier, welcoming all who came to him and preaching the Kingdom of God boldly and without hindrance. Here the book of Acts ends.
preaching God’s Kingdom and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
Acts 28:31 (World English Bible)
Paul wrote that his imprisonment had advanced the gospel, becoming known throughout the palace guard, and that believers in “Caesar's household” sent greetings (Philippians 1:13; 4:22). Early church writers say he was released, traveled further (perhaps to Spain, as he had hoped), and was later arrested again.
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Dating notes
About AD 60–62. Ussher: AD 63–65, followed by his release. Dates for Paul's journeys follow the conventional chronology, anchored by an inscription at Delphi, found in 1905, that dates Gallio's term as proconsul of Achaia (Acts 18:12) to AD 51–52; Ussher, who could not have known it, runs two to three years later.