Acts 22:27

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

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Then	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
captain	χιλίαρχος chiliarchos	G5506	the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch" · noun — nominative singular masculine
came	προσελθὼν proselthōn	G4334	to approach · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
said	εἶπεν eipen	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτῷ· autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
Tell	λέγε lege	G3004	properly · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person singular
me	μοί moí	G3427	to me
art	εἶ eî	G1488	thou art
thou	σὺ su	G4771	thou · personal pronoun — 2nd person nominative singular
Roman	Ῥωμαῖος Rhōmaios	G4514	Romæan · noun — nominative singular masculine, a people or place name
said	ἔφη· ephē	G5346	to show or make known one's thoughts · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
Yea	ναί. nai	G3483	yes · particle

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:22–end

Paul was going on with this account of himself, had shown them his commission to preach among the Gentiles without any peevish reflections upon the Jews, and we may suppose designed next to show how he was afterwards, by a special direction of the Holy Ghost at Antioch, separated to this service, how tender he was of the Jews, how respectful to them, and how careful to give them the precedency in all places whither he came, and to unite Jews and Gentiles in one body; and then to show how wonderfully God had owned him, and what good service had been done to the interest of God's kingdom among men in general, without damage to any of the true interests of the Jewish church in particular. But,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 22:27

art thou a Roman?--showing that this being of Tarsus, which he had told him before (Act 21:39) did not necessarily imply that he was a Roman citizen.

Adam Clarke on Acts 22:25

And as they bound him, etc. - They were going to tie him to a post, that they might scourge him. Is it lawful, etc. - The Roman law absolutely forbade the binding of a Roman citizen. See the note on Act 16:37.

John Gill on Acts 22:27

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him,.... To Paul: tell me, art thou a Roman? he had told him before that he was a Jew of Tarsus, and which was true, and had said nothing of his being a Roman; wherefore the chief captain desires that he would tell him the whole truth of the matter, whether he was a Roman or not: he said yea; that he was one.

John Calvin on Acts 22:23–end

Acts 22:23-30 23. And as they cried, and cast off their garments, and threw dust into the air, 24. The chief captain commanded him to be led into the camp; and he commanded that he should be scourged and examined, that he might know for what cause they cried so on him. 25. And when they had bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? 26. When the centurion heard that, he went to the chief captain, and told him, saying, What wilt thou do? for this man is a Romans 27. And when the chief captain came, he said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea. 28. And the chief captain answered, With…

Dictionary and topics

Lysias, Claudius — The chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator Felix at Caesarea (Acts 21:31-38; 22:24-30). His letter to his superior officer…
Claudius Lysius · A Roman military officer — A Roman military officer
Courts Of Justice · Of the romans in Judea: Never examined their own citizens by torture — Of the romans in Judea: Never examined their own citizens by torture
Paul · A Roman citizen — A Roman citizen
Roman Empire · The rights of citizens — The rights of citizens
Soldiers · Perform escort duty — Perform escort duty
Trial · The right of — The right of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 22:27

Adam Clarke on Acts 22:25

John Gill on Acts 22:27

John Calvin on Acts 22:23–end

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Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 22:27

Adam Clarke on Acts 22:25

John Gill on Acts 22:27

John Calvin on Acts 22:23–end

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 22:25-29