Acts 22:26

Acts 22:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
• New International Version (NIV)When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, “Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman.”

Context of Acts 22:26

24the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him. 25But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it lawful for you to scourge a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned? And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman. 27And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. 28And the chiliarch answered, I, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was also [free] born.

Acts 22:26 word by word

ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης προσελθὼν τῷ χιλιάρχῳ ἀπήγγειλεν λέγων· τί μέλλεις ποιεῖν; ὁ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος Ῥωμαῖός ἐστιν.Read the interlinear

• centurionἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchēs hekatontarchos · centurionG1543
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• reportedἀπαγγέλλωapaggellō · to announceG518
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• RomanῬωμαῖοςRhōmaios · RomanG4514

Cross-references for Acts 22:26

• Acts 22:29Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
• Acts 23:27This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out [of their hands], having learned that he was a Roman.

Commentaries on Acts 22:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-30Verses 22-30 The Jews listened to Paul's account of his conversion, but the mention of his being sent to the Gentiles, was so contrary to all their national prejudices, that they would hear no more. Their frantic conduct astonished the Roman officer, who supposed that Paul must have committed some great crime. Paul pleaded his privilege as a Roman citizen, by which he was exempted from all trials and punishments which might force him to confess himself…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-29Paul asserted his Roman citizenship at a crucial moment when he encountered torture to make him confess a supposed crime. Roman citizenship was valuable. Claiming it falsely was a capital offense. Its main benefits included protection from whipping and the right to appeal to the emperor (25:11). The commander was afraid because he had almost violated Roman law (compare 16:35–39).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. examined by scourging--according to the Roman practice. that he might know wherefore they cried so--Paul's speech being to him in an unknown tongue, he concluded from the horror which it kindled in the vast audience that he must have been guilty of some crime.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 22:26

• Armies
• Centurion
• Citizens
• Claudius Lysius
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Roman Empire
• Soldiers
• Trial

In the dictionaries

• Roman
• Centurion
• Citizenship
• Hence
• James
• Lysias, Claudius
• Persecute
• Scourge
• Stripes
• Uncondemned

Commentaries on Acts 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings