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Acts 22:29

27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

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.

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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

    Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

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  • Acts 22:24–26

    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.

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  • Hebrews 11:35

    Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

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  • Acts 16:38–39

    And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

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