ACTS 22:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?”
But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by, 'Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?'— Paul invokes his Roman citizenship (never mentioned before) at the moment of scourging. The legal protection of citizenship becomes his shield, though it is a Gentile shield, not a Jewish one.
Church Fathers on Acts 22:25
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned? Acts 22:25 Paul lied not, God forbid: for he was a Roman: if there was nothing else, he would have been afraid (to pretend this), lest he should be found out, and suffer a worse punishment. (See Sueton. Vit. Claud. §25.) And observe he does not say it peremptorily (ἁ πλὥς), but, Is it lawful for you? The charges brought are two,…
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