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Acts 22:27 KJV
Acts · chapter 22 · verse 27
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.Acts 22:27 · King James Version
Acts 22:27 in context
25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- captainchiliarchosa chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers, the commander of a Roman cohort , any…G5506 →
- Romanrhōmaiosa resident of the city of Rome, a Roman citizenG4514 →
- Romandebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- cameproserchomaito come to, approach, draw near to, to assent toG4334 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- Telllegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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Paul was going on with this account of himself, had shown them his commission to preach among the Gentiles without any peevish reflections upon the Jews, and we may suppose designed next to show how he was afterwards, by a special direction of the Holy Ghost at Antioch, separated to this service, how tender he was of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-30