Acts 22:27

And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

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In The King James Version

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

In Context

26And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

28And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.

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Matthew Henry on Acts 22:23-30

Paul's First Defence. 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, 24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. 25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that… Read the whole commentary →

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