Act 22:25-29 | TSK | e4.org | the centurion , , , , ; , Is it By the Roman law, no magistrate was allowed to punish a Roman citizen capitally, or by inflicting stripes, or even binding him; and the single expression, I am a Roman citizen, arrested their severest decrees, and obtained, if not an escape, at least a delay of his punishment. , ,

‏ Acts 22:25-29

the centurion Acts 10:1, Acts 23:17, Acts 27:1, Acts 27:3, Acts 27:43; Matt 8:8, Matt 27:54

Is it By the Roman law, no magistrate was allowed to punish a Roman citizen capitally, or by inflicting stripes, or even binding him; and the single expression, I am a Roman citizen, arrested their severest decrees, and obtained, if not an escape, at least a delay of his punishment. Acts 22:27-28, Acts 16:37, Acts 25:16

Take Acts 22:29, Acts 23:27

But It is extremely probable that the inhabitants of Tarsus, born in that city, had the same rights and privileges as Roman citizens, in consequence of a grant or charter from Julius Cesar, from whom it was called Juliopolis. But if this were not the case, St. Paul's father, or some of his ancestors, might have been rewarded with the freedom of the city of Rome, for his fidelity and bravery in some military service, as Josephus says several of the Jews were; or his father might have obtained it by purchase, as in the instance of the chief captain. Acts 22:28

examined him or, tortured him, Acts 22:24; Heb 11:35

the chief Acts 22:25-26, Acts 16:38-39