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Acts 22:26

24 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.

25 But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”

On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.

28 “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

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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.

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BSB
On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
KJV
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
WEB
When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”
ASV
And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.
DARBY
And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.
BLB
And the centurion, having heard, having gone to the commander, reported [it], saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”
ÅB
Da høvedsmannen hørte dette, gikk han til den øverste høvedsmann og meldte det, og sa: Hva er det du er i ferd med å gjøre? dette menneske er jo romersk borger.
OTB
Da centurionen hørte dette, gikk han til kommandanten og rapporterte: «Hva er du i ferd med å gjøre? Denne mannen er en romersk borger.»
B1930
Da høvedsmannen hørte dette, gikk han til den øverste høvedsmann og meldte det, og sa: Hvad er det du er i ferd med å gjøre? dette menneske er jo romersk borger.

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Cross references

  • Acts 23:27

    This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

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  • Acts 22:29

    Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

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