Acts 22
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Acts 22:24-29

24the commanderG5506 orderedG2753 that he be broughtG1521 into 1the barracksG3925, sayingG3004 that he was to be 2interrogatedG426 by floggingG3148 soG2443 thatG2443 he would findG1921 outG1921 the reasonG156 whyG1223G3739 they were shoutingG2019 against him thatG3779 wayG3779. 25But whenG5613 they stretchedG4385 him outG4385 3with strapsG2438, PaulG3972 saidG3004 to the centurionG1543 who was standingG2476 by, “Is it 4lawfulG1832 for you to flogG3147 5a manG444 who is a RomanG4514 and uncondemnedG178?” 26When the centurionG1543 heardG191 this, he wentG4334 to the commanderG5506 and toldG518 him, sayingG3004, “WhatG5101 areG3195 you aboutG3195 toG3195 doG4160? For thisG3778 manG444 is a RomanG4514.” 27The commanderG5506 cameG4334 and saidG3004 to 6Paul, “TellG3004 me, are you a RomanG4514?” And he saidG5346, “YesG3483.” 28The commanderG5506 answeredG611, “I acquiredG2932 thisG3778 citizenshipG4174 for a largeG4183 sumG2774 ofG2774 moneyG2774.” And PaulG3972 saidG5346, “But I was actuallyG2532 bornG1080 a citizen.” 29ThereforeG3767, thoseG3588 who were aboutG3195 to 7interrogateG426 him immediatelyG2112 backedG868 awayG868 from him; and the commanderG5506 alsoG2532 8wasG5399 afraidG5399 when he foundG1921 outG1921 that he was a RomanG4514, and becauseG3754 he had 910putG1210 him inG1210 chainsG1210.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 22:24 Acts 21:34 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 22:24 Acts 22:29 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 22:25 Or for the whip ↩
  4. 4. Acts 22:25 Interrogation by torture was a procedure used with slaves ↩
  5. 5. Acts 22:25 Acts 16:37 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 22:27 Lit him ↩
  7. 7. Acts 22:29 Acts 22:24 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 22:29 Acts 16:38 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 22:29 Lit bound him ↩
  10. 10. Acts 22:29 Acts 21:33 ↩

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