Acts 22:24

Acts 22:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The commander brought Paul inside and ordered him lashed with whips to make him confess his crime. He wanted to find out why the crowd had become so furious.

Context of Acts 22:24

22The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!” 23As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?” 26When 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.”

Acts 22:24 word by word

ἐκέλευσεν ὁ χιλίαρχος εἰσάγεσθαι αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν εἴπας μάστιξιν ἀνετάζεσθαι αὐτόν, ἵνα ἐπιγνῷ δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν οὕτως ἐπεφώνουν αὐτῷ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The chief captainὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The chief captainχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos · military officerG5506
• commandedκελεύωkeleuō · to orderG2753
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• to be broughtἄγωagō · to bringG71
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the castleπαρεμβολήparembolē · barracksG3925
• and bade thatλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• should be examinedἀνετάζωanetazō · to questionG426
• by scourgingμάστιξmastix · whipG3148
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he might knowἐπιγινώσκωepiginōskō · to come to knowG1921
• whereforeδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·αἰτίαaitia · cause/chargeG156
• they criedἐπιφωνέωepiphōneō · to shoutG2019
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779

Cross-references for Acts 22:24

• Acts 21:31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.
• Acts 23:10The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.
• Acts 22:25As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”
• Acts 16:22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.
• John 19:1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
• Hebrews 11:35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.

Commentaries on Acts 22:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Examined by scourging - As the chief captain did not understand the Hebrew language, he was ignorant of the charge brought against Paul, and ignorant also of the defense which the apostle had made; and, as he saw that they grew more and more outrageous, he supposed that Paul must have given them the highest provocation; and therefore he determined to put him to the torture, in order to find out the nature of his crime. The practice of putting people to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24The castle - The castle of Antonia. He would be there removed entirely from the wrath of the Jews. Should be examined - ̓́ anetazesthaiThe word “examine” with us commonly means “to inquire, to question, to search for, to look carefully into a subject.” The word used here is commonly applied to metals whose nature is tested, or examined by fire; and then it mean to subject to torture or torments, in order to extort a confession where persons were accused…Read the comment
• 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
• 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 22:24

• Armies
• Claudius Lysius
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Prisoners
• Punishment
• Scourging
• Self-Condemnation
• Self-Incrimination
• Soldiers

In the dictionaries

• Hence
• James
• Lysias, Claudius
• Persecute
• Scourge
• Uncondemned
• Acts of the Apostles
• Army
• Captain
• Examine; Examination

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