Acts 22:27
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?”
26 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.”
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.
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.
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 went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
- KJV
- Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
- WEB
- The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
- ASV
- And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.
- DARBY
- And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art *thou* a Roman? And he said, Yes.
- BLB
- And having come near, the commander said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he was saying, “Yes.”
- ÅB
- Den øverste høvedsmann gikk da bort til ham og sa: Si meg: Er du romersk borger? Han svarte: Ja.
- OTB
- Kommandanten kom og spurte Paulus: «Fortell meg, er du en romersk borger?» Og han sa: «Ja.»
- B1930
- Den øverste høvedsmann gikk da bort til ham og sa: Si mig: Er du romersk borger? Han svarte: Ja.