Paul arrives at Rome
Early Church · Draft · BSB
Content revision: 3ade682c47b538e4 · No editorial review date recorded
Date: c. AD 59–62
They sail on by Syracuse, Rhegium and Puteoli, where believers welcome them for a week. Believers from Rome come to meet Paul at the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns, and in Rome he is allowed to live by himself with a soldier guarding him.
Primary Scripture
28:11 After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
28:12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
28:13 From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
28:14 There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
28:15 The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
28:16 When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Location evidence
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [12.48333, 41.9]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Appii Forum: Proposed site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [12.99393, 41.46871]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Puteoli: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [14.26774, 40.83563]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Rhegium: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [15.64328, 38.11158]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Rome: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [12.48333, 41.9]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Syracuse: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [15.29482, 37.06823]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Three Taverns: Proposed site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [12.82864, 41.59132]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Interpretation and reuse
Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.
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