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Acts 28 Bible study: Without hindrance

Acts ends on one Greek word, the WEB's "without hindrance" (28:31), and the New Testament has it nowhere else. And the book that first speaks of God’s Kingdom in its third verse (1:3) ends with Paul in Rome "preaching God’s Kingdom" (28:31).

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“Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house and received all who were coming to him, preaching God’s Kingdom and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.”
Acts 28:30-31 · World English Bible

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“In Acts 28:16, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.”

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God's Kingdom, at the start and at the end

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On the day they appoint, many people come to Paul at his lodging, and "He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening." (28:23) (tap testifying and Kingdom). The book's last verse says it again: "preaching God’s Kingdom and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance" (28:31) (tap preaching). Here is what almost everyone misses: the first time the WEB's Acts writes God’s Kingdom is in the book's third verse, of the risen Jesus: "To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom." (1:3). Favor's introduction to Acts quotes both 1:3 and the book's last words. The WEB's Acts has God’s Kingdom in seven verses (1:3, 8:12, 14:22, 19:8, 20:25, 28:23, 28:31), and the last two are in this chapter. In the Greek, 28:23 and 28:31 have the same words for it. Acts says what Paul preached, and these notes add nothing about why the book ends where it does.

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The Greek word behind it

ἀκωλύτωςakolytossay ak-o-LOO-tohs

Strong's: "in an unhindered manner, i.e. freely". Thayer: "without hindrance". "preaching God’s Kingdom and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance." (28:31). The WEB's two words are one Greek word, and it is the last word of the book in the Greek. The New Testament has it only here (counted in RP2018, and in every edition TAGNT lists).

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Acts 28 Bible study questions

  1. 1"The natives showed us uncommon kindness" (28:2). Who has shown you kindness you didn't expect, and how could you pass it on this week?
  2. 2"When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage." (28:15). Who could you go out to meet this week, so that they take courage?
  3. 3Acts ends with Paul "preaching God’s Kingdom and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness" (28:31). What would it look like for you to speak of Jesus with boldness where you are?

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Last reviewed October 7, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home