Acts 22:26

And when the centurion heard it, he went to the Chiliarch, and said to him: What doest thou? For this man is a Roman.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

25And as they were stretching him with ropes, Paul said to the centurion who stood over him: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, who is a Roman, and not yet found guilty?

27And the Chiliarch came to him, and said to him: Tell me; Art thou a Roman? And he said to him: Yes.

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Cross References

Acts 23:27The Jews seized this man, in order to kill him; but I came with Romans, and rescued him, when I learned that he was a Roman.

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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