Acts 28:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.”

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BSBPD

“There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“where we found brethren, and were entreated to tarry with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 28:14 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  2. Genesis 8:10Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
  3. Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
  4. Matthew 10:11Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
  5. John 21:23Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
  6. Acts 9:42This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
  7. Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
  8. Acts 20:6And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
  9. Acts 21:4We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
  10. Acts 21:7When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

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