And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
The landing at Syracuse, where three days were spent, was one stage of the voyage bringing Paul as a prisoner to Rome on the way to Puteoli. At Puteoli a few Christians entreated him to remain seven days, a privilege which the centurion granted. His coming there fulfilled the eager expectation felt by the Christians in Italy ever since they had received his epistle to the Romans.
Though surprised to receive him as a prisoner, they loved him the more because of his sufferings. Puteoli lay only one hundred and forty miles from Rome and was in constant communication with the city, so believers there learned of his approach and started out to meet and welcome him.
The landing at Syracuse, where three days were spent, was one stage of the voyage bringing Paul as a prisoner to Rome on the way to Puteoli. At Puteoli a few Christians entreated him to remain seven days, a privilege which the centurion granted. His coming there fulfilled the eager expectation felt by the Christians in Italy ever since they had received his epistle to the Romans.
Though surprised to receive him as a prisoner, they loved him the more because of his sufferings. Puteoli lay only one hundred and forty miles from Rome and was in constant communication with the city, so believers there learned of his approach and started out to meet and welcome him.