Acts 22:28

"I paid a large sum for my citizenship," said the Tribune. "But I was born free," said Paul.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

In Context

27So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.

29So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.

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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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