1. Romans

2. Introduction

INTRO

The book of Acts ended with Paul in Rome standing trial before Emperor Caesar Nero.

There's no detail in the Bible about how that trial went . All we can assume is that it went in Paul's favor because he obviously got released he did a little bit more in terms of missionary travels after that so even though we don't have the details it must have gonefavorably for for Paul.

And you would think that because Acts ends with Paul being in Rome that the next book in our

Bible is Romans and it would make sense that Paul the author of Romans is writing from Rome seeing as how he's there at the close of the book of Acts, but in fact the Book of Romans does not chronologically follow the book of Acts.

Yes, Acts ends with Paul being in Rome, but the book of Romans actually fits chronologically back in the in the book of Acts in chapter 18 when Paul was in Corinth because it was there in Corinth that Paul by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, penned this letter to the church at Rome around 57 to 58 AD, which was actually 3 years before he had ever gotten to Rome so even though it follows the book of Acts in chronologically, It would fit back in Acts 18 when Paul was in Corinth and Greece and he wrote the book from that location Paul did not plant this particular church here in Rome. He had never met the people to whom he is writing although he is well acquainted with many of them because he lists 26 names at the End of This Book. So he knows them at least from a distance this