Bede : However, he remained for two whole years in his own hired house, that is, in the lodgings he had rented for himself, preaching Christ to all, not only to the Jews but also to the Gentiles, who he said were to be saved, those who were rejected. — Commentary on Acts Bede : He remained in his lodging for a full two years and welcomed all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God. Jerome makes mention of this place in a letter to Lucinius: "Paul enters Rome in chains, to free those chained by errors of superstition; he remains in his rented lodging for two years, to render to us the eternal gift of both instruments." By this exposition, he taught that all other things that are written in this volume, either about Paul the apostle himself or about others, do not only present the fruits of ecclesiastical doctrine on the surface of the letter: but truly also if anyone has perfectly understood, they possess the essence of spiritual sense, pregnant with virtue. — Retractions on Acts John Chrysostom : "And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. Amen." It shows the freedom he had now: without hindrance in Rome, he who had been hindered in Judea; and he remained teaching there for two years. — Homily on Acts 55 John Chrysostom : "Discoursed," it says, "the things concerning the kingdom of God:" mark, nothing of the things of sense, nothing of the things present. — Homily on Acts 55 Oecumenius : It should be known that Luke relates up to this point concerning the blessed Paul in the Acts of the Apostles, having written the book at that time, and knowing the following events least of all. Nor did he set down the account of his martyrdom in the book. For having left him there, Luke and Aristarchus went out. Eusebius, however, recorded the later times exactly: that under Nero, Paul having once more defended himself, was sent back to the ministry of preaching, was released to Caesar, and preached for another ten years. But when Nero arrived at the height of madness, a slaughter was raised against the apostles. Having been sent again, Paul in the thirtieth and sixth year of the saving Passion, and in the thirteenth of his own, made testimony by the sword with his head cut off. Therefore from the nineteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, and the second year of the saving Passion from which he began to preach the Gospel, until the twenty-second of the same Tiberius, four years. And the years of Gaius likewise four. Again the years of Claudius fourteen, whom Nero succeeding in the thirteenth year of his reign put the Apostle to death. Therefore the whole time of Paul's preaching is twenty-one years; and another two years which he spent in prison at Caesarea. In addition again, the earlier two years in Rome, and the last ten years, so that all the years from his calling until his end are thirty-five. From the saving Passion thirty-six. For after the Lord's ascension, after certain few days, the apostles appointed Stephen and those with him to the ministry. Then we immediately find Stephen stoned, and Paul consenting to the murder. Who shortly afterwards rushed to Damascus to destroy the saints there. In the midst of the road his calling came to him from God, so that that year might be spent a little. Immediately he began to preach, taking hold in the nineteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, and is completed in the thirteenth year of Nero, his head having been cut off by the sword. — Commentary on Acts