Acts 22:28

And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

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

29Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

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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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