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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Act 22:24 — 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.
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The chief
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As the chief captain did not understand Hebrew, he was ignorant of the charge against Paul, and also of the defence which the apostle had made; but as he saw that they grew more and more outrageous, he supposed that Paul must have given them the highest provocation, and therefore, according to the barbarous and irrational practice which has existed in all countries, he determined to put him to the torture, in order to make him confess his crime. Act 21:31,32; Act 23:10,27 |
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that he should
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Act 22:25-29; Act 16:22,23,37; Jhn 19:1; Hbr 11:35 |
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Act 21:31 |
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. |
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Act 21:32 |
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. |
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Act 23:10 |
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring [him] into the castle. |
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Act 23:27 |
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. |
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Act 22:25 |
And 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? |
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Act 22:26 |
When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. |
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Act 22:27 |
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. |
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Act 22:28 |
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born. |
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Act 22:29 |
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. |
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Act 16:22 |
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them]. |
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Act 16:23 |
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: |
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Act 16:37 |
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast [us] into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. |
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Jhn 19:1 |
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged [him]. |
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Hbr 11:35 |
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Acts 22:24," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Act/22/24.html>.
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