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Acts 22:29

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.

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.

30 The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
ASV
They then that were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
DARBY
Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
BLB
So immediately those being about to examine him departed from him, and the commander also was afraid, having ascertained that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him.
ÅB
Da gikk de straks fra ham de som skulle ha forhørt ham. Men da den øverste høvedsmann fikk vite at han var romersk borger, ble også han redd, fordi han hadde bundet ham.
OTB
Derfor trakk de som var i ferd med å avhøre ham seg straks tilbake fra ham; og kommandanten ble også redd da han innså at Paulus var en romersk borger og at han hadde satt ham i lenker.
B1930
Da gikk de straks fra ham de som skulde ha forhørt ham. Men da den øverste høvedsmann fikk vite at han var romersk borger, blev også han redd, fordi han hadde bundet ham.

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  • Acts 21:33

    The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

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  • Acts 22:24–26

    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.

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  • Hebrews 11:35

    Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

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  • Acts 16:38–39

    So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

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