Acts 22:24

²² And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

²³ And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

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.

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?

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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
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.
WEB: the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
ASV: the chief captain commanded him be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him.
DARBY: the 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.
BLB: the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, having directed him to be examined by flogging, so that he might know for what cause they were crying out against him like this.

ÅB: befalte den øverste høvedsmann at han skulle føres inn i festningen, og sa at han skulle forhøres under hudstrykning, for at han kunne få vite av hva årsak de ropte så mot ham.
OTB: beordret kommandanten at han skulle bringes inn i kasernen, og sa at han skulle avhøres ved pisking for å finne ut hvorfor de ropte mot ham på den måten.
B1930: bød den øverste høvedsmann at han skulde føres inn i festningen, og sa at han skulde forhøres under hudstrykning, forat han kunde få vite av hvad årsak de ropte så mot ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 19:1
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
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Acts 21:34
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
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Acts 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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Acts 21:31–32
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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Acts 16:22–23
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
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Acts 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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Acts 22:25–29
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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Acts 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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