Topic(s): Bible Study

Todd Clippard

Paul did indeed preach to the church in Rome. In Acts 23:11, when Paul was in prison in Jerusalem, Jesus appeared to Paul at night and said, "Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome."

In Philippians 4:22, Paul closed his epistle with this statement, "All the saints greet you, especially they that are of Caesar's household." Paul wrote other epistles during his first imprisonment in Rome, including Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon.

Acts 28:30-31 tells us Paul spent two years in Rome "in his own hired house, and received all that came unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him."