ACTS 22:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.”
Therefore those who were about to examine him immediately stood away from him; and the commander also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains — the revelation of citizenship triggers fear in the commander; he has violated Roman law by binding a citizen. The power dynamic reverses: Paul moves from victim to legally protected party.
Church Fathers on Acts 22:29
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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