27 (A)This man was seized by the Jews and (B)was about to be killed by them (C)when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, (D)having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

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25 But when they had stretched him out for the whips,[a] Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog (A)a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.” 27 So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.” 28 The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.” 29 So those who were about (B)to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also (C)was afraid, (D)for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that (E)he had bound him.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:25 Or when they had tied him up with leather strips

31 (A)And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of (B)the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 (C)He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him (D)to be bound (E)with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.

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(A)He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:6 Some manuscripts add and we would have judged him according to our law. 7But the chief captain Lysias came and with great violence took him out of our hands, 8commanding his accusers to come before you.

10 And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into (A)the barracks.

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