Acts 22:26

And when the centurion heard this, he came and told the military tribune, saying, Consider what you are going to do: for this man is a Roman citizen.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

In Context

25So as they were tying him up for the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by him, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned?

27Then the tribune came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman citizen? And he said, Yes.

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Cross References

Acts 23:27This person had been seized by the Jews, and was ready to be slain by them: but coming on them with the guard, I rescued him out of their hands, having understood that he was a Roman citizen.

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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