Acts 22:28
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.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
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.
30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
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
- “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
- KJV
- And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
- WEB
- The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
- ASV
- And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I am [a Roman] born.
- DARBY
- And the chiliarch answered, *I*, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But *I* was also [free] born.
- BLB
- And the commander answered, “I bought this citizenship with a great sum.” But Paul was saying, “But I have even been born [so].”
- ÅB
- Den øverste høvedsmann sa: Jeg har kjøpt denne borgerrett for mange penger. Men Paulus svarte: Men jeg er endog født til den.
- OTB
- Kommandanten svarte: «Jeg skaffet meg dette borgerskapet for en stor sum penger.» Og Paulus sa: «Men jeg ble faktisk født som borger.»
- B1930
- Den øverste høvedsmann sa: Jeg har kjøpt denne borgerrett for mange penger. Men Paulus svarte: Men jeg er endog født til den.