ACTS 22:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.”
When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, 'What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen' — the centurion's alarm is justified; scourging a citizen without trial was legally prohibited. The commander's status as commander is now threatened by Paul's citizen status.
Church Fathers on Acts 22:26
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the tribune, saying, Take heed what you do, for this man is a Roman. Then the tribune came, and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yea. And the tribune answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the tribune also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Acts…
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