27 (A)This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

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25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, (A)“Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?”

26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, “Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman.”

27 Then the commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?”

He said, “Yes.”

28 The commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.”

And Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.

29 Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

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31 Now as they were (A)seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the [a]garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 (B)He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the (C)commander came near and took him, and (D)commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:31 cohort

(A)He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, [a]and wanted (B)to judge him according to our law.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:6 NU ends the sentence here and omits the rest of v. 6, all of v. 7, and the first clause of v. 8.

10 Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

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