ACTS 22:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.”
The commander said, 'I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.' And Paul said, 'But I was actually born a citizen' — the commander purchased his citizenship through wealth or patronage, whereas Paul inherited it by birth. The distinction marks Paul as of higher standing in the Roman social order.
Church Fathers on Acts 22:28
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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