What Does Acts 28:30 Mean in the King James?
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The house’s significance comes from its open threshold, not from who owns it.
THE MEANING
Your space becomes a meeting place through welcome; its value lies in whom it receives, not in whether it belongs to you. Even a rented, temporary dwelling can hold a steady welcome.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A meaningful place must be owned, permanent, or public.
THE ROOT
ἀπεδέχετο
apedecheto
GROWS FROM
δέχομαι
dechomai
to receive, take in, welcome
“received” in this verse is apedecheto. The verb carries the sense of welcoming people in, describing Paul’s house by its open reception as well as its tenancy. Its shared dechomai stem appears in words for receiving others and welcoming what is awaited, linking an open door with inward readiness.
ALSO GROWS
apodechomai: to welcome, accept, or receive
ἀποδέχομαι
This compound shares the receiving stem in the verse, making the welcome an active reception.
prosdechomai: to receive, welcome, or await
προσδέχομαι
This related form connects receiving with readiness for an arrival.
THE PATTERN
A place becomes a point of encounter when it receives whoever arrives.
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.THE THREAD
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.Matthew uses the same dechomai receiving stem that appears in Acts. Here, receiving those who arrive at Paul’s house also becomes a way of receiving what they carry.
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