²⁵ and Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the angle and the tower projecting from the upper palace near the court of the guard.^(A) Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh^(B)

²¹ King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread^(A) in the city was gone.^(B) So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.^(C)

³⁵ he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers^(A) get here.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard^(B) in Herod’s palace.

²⁷ When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus,^(A) but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews,^(B) he left Paul in prison.^(C)

¹⁶ When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.^(A)

³⁰ For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him.