The Acts of the Apostles

110 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
Italy.
Italy and Rome lie on the horizon of the author of
the Acts, and are terms which mark the limits of the
scope of his work. St. Luke says in xviii. 2 of Aquila
and his wife Priscilla that they had irpoa-ipdrcog come
from Italy, meaning thereby, as is shown by the con-
clusion of the verse, Rome. Likewise we read in the
" when it was determined that
we-sections (XXVii. 2) :
we should take ship for Italy " while Rome is in-
tended. Also in a third passage (xxvii. 6) Italy
perhaps stands for Rome ; for it is here most natural
to think of an Alexandrian corn-ship bound for
Rome.
" Romans " are already mentioned in the list of
nations (ii. 10) ; but as the goal of the journeys of
St. Paul Rome appears first in xix. 21 (in Ephesus
during the third journey). Then in xxiii. 11 we find
the most significant words of Christ to the Apostle
ft)? Si€/uLapTup(jo TO, Trepi ijuLou eig * lepovarakijjuL, outco ae
Set Koi ek 'P(jojuLr]v [jLapTvprjaaL (Jerusalem and Rome !).
These words are again taken up in XXVii. 24 (here
the emperor stands in the place of Rome), and the
arrival in Rome is at last recorded in XXViii. 14, 16.^
We, however, learn but little of the Christians and
the Jews in Rome. Of places belonging to Italy,
Malta (XXViii. iff.), Syracuse (XXViii. 12), Rhegium
(XXViii. 13), Puteoli (XXViii. 13), Appii Forum and
1 "P(afia7o$ has the meaning " Koman citizen " in xvi. 21, 27, 38 ;
xxii. 25-27, 29 ; xxiii. 27. In xxv. 16 it occurs in a wider sense :
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