ACTS 28:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.”
Boldly and without hindrance he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ. - Acts concludes with 'boldly' (parrēsia, parrēsia-'boldness, frank speech,' the mark of the Spirit's empowering) and 'without hindrance' (akōlytōs, akōlytōs-'unhindered, unobstructed'). His content is the same as at beginning: 'the kingdom of God' (basileia tou theou, basileia tou theou) and 'the Lord Jesus Christ' (kyrios Iēsous Christos, kyrios Iēsous Christos). The final word 'without hindrance' suggests the gospel's unstoppable advance: imprisoned Paul proclaims more freely than many free citizens. Luke ends not with Paul's martyrdom (which tradition records) but with his ongoing witness-a fitting conclusion for a book about the Spirit's unstoppable mission. The gospel reaches Rome, the empire's center, carried by a bound apostle whose chains cannot bind the Word of God.
Church Fathers on Acts 28:31
He discoursed, it says, with boldness, unhindered Acts 28:31: for it is possible to speak with boldness, yet hindered. His boldness nothing checked: but in fact he also spoke unhindered. (c) Discoursed, it says, the things concerning the kingdom of God: mark, nothing of the things of sense, nothing of the things present. (f) But of his affairs after the two years, what say we? (b) (The writer) leaves the hearer thirsty for more: the heathen authors do the same (in their…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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