Verse 34 In my bonds. This expression, and the passage with which it stands in connection, (Hebrews 10:32-34,) shows that this Epistle was addressed to a church, or to a class of Christians, which had, at a former period, experienced persecution; and it seems to imply that Paul was imprisoned among them. Both these were true of the churches in Judea. They were persecuted in the time of Stephen, and Paul was imprisoned both at Jerusalem and at Cæsarea, before he went to Rome.