Acts 22:29

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Immediately, those who were about to interrogate him stepped away. The commander was also afraid, realizing that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.

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  • Acts 16:38-39 : 38 The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid. 39 So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.
  • Acts 21:33 : 33 The commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.
  • Acts 22:24-26 : 24 the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and directed that he be interrogated under flogging to understand the reason they were shouting against him like this. 25 As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing there, 'Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t been condemned?' 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it, saying, 'What are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen.'
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

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  • Acts 22:30
    82%

    30The next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 22:23-28
    6 verses
    79%

    23As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,

    24the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and directed that he be interrogated under flogging to understand the reason they were shouting against him like this.

    25As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing there, 'Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t been condemned?'

    26When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it, saying, 'What are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen.'

    27The commander came and asked him, 'Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?' Paul said, 'Yes.'

    28The commander responded, 'I acquired this citizenship for a large sum of money.' But Paul said, 'I was born a citizen.'

  • Acts 21:31-33
    3 verses
    79%

    31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

    32At once, he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

    33The commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.

  • Acts 16:35-39
    5 verses
    77%

    35When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: 'Release those men.'

    36The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, 'The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.'

    37But Paul said to them, 'They have publicly beaten us without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. Now they want to release us secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!'

    38The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.

    39So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

  • Acts 23:10
    76%

    10When the dissension became violent, the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 23:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, 'Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.'

    18So the centurion took him, led him to the commander, and said, 'The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.'

    19The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked him privately, 'What is it you have to tell me?'

  • Acts 28:16-18
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    75%

    16When we came to Rome, the centurion handed over the prisoners to the commander of the guard, but Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

    18They examined me and wanted to release me because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

  • Acts 24:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

    8By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all the charges we are bringing against him.

  • Acts 23:27-32
    6 verses
    74%

    27This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. I came with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman citizen.

    28Wanting to know the exact charge they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their council.

    29I found that he was accused concerning matters of their law but had no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.

    30When I was informed of a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately and also instructed his accusers to state their case against him before you. Farewell.

    31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

    32The next day, they allowed the horsemen to proceed with him, while they returned to the barracks.

  • Acts 23:22
    74%

    22So the commander dismissed the young man and ordered him, 'Don’t tell anyone that you have informed me about this.'

  • Acts 26:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up and left.

    31As they were leaving, they began to discuss among themselves, saying, 'This man has done nothing deserving death or imprisonment.'

  • Acts 24:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the proceedings and said, 'When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.'

    23He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and not to prevent his friends from attending to his needs.

  • Acts 25:17
    72%

    17When they came here, I did not delay, but the next day took my seat at the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

  • Acts 25:15
    72%

    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.

  • Acts 27:1
    71%

    1When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.

  • Acts 25:6
    71%

    6After spending more than ten days among them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day, he took his seat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought in.

  • Acts 23:15
    71%

    15Now then, you and the council should notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as though you are going to investigate his case more thoroughly. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.

  • Acts 17:9
    71%

    9After receiving a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

  • Matt 27:2
    70%

    2They tied Him up, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Acts 21:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36The crowd that followed kept shouting, 'Take him away!'

    37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, 'May I say something to you?' The commander replied, 'Do you speak Greek?'

  • Acts 25:20
    70%

    20Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding these charges.

  • John 18:12
    70%

    12Then the detachment of soldiers, their commander, and the Jewish officers arrested Jesus and bound him.

  • Acts 25:4
    70%

    4But Festus replied that Paul was being held in custody in Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

  • Acts 5:26
    69%

    26At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles, but without force, because they feared the people might stone them.

  • Acts 25:2
    69%

    2The chief priest and the leaders of the Jews brought charges against Paul and were urging Festus.

  • Acts 25:10
    69%

    10Paul said, 'I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you yourself clearly know.'