Acts 22:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then straightway they departed from him, which should haue examined him: and the chiefe captaine also was afrayd, after he knewe that hee was a Romane, and that he had bound him.

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  • Acts 16:38-39 : 38 And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were Romanes. 39 Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.
  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chiefe Captaine came neere and tooke him, and commaunded him to be bound with two chaines, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Acts 22:24-26 : 24 The chiefe captaine commanded him to be led into the castle, and bade that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might knowe wherefore they cryed so on him. 25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul sayd vnto the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romane, and not condemned? 26 Nowe when the Centurion heard it, hee went, and tolde the chiefe captaine, saying, Take heede what thou doest: for this man is a Romane.
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 The women receiued their dead raised to life: other also were racked, and woulde not be deliuered, that they might receiue a better resurrection.

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  • Acts 22:30
    82%

    30On the next day, because hee would haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed him from his bonds, and commaunded the hie Priests and all their Councill to come together: and he brought Paul, and set him before them.

  • Acts 22:23-28
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    79%

    23And as they cried & cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the aire,

    24The chiefe captaine commanded him to be led into the castle, and bade that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might knowe wherefore they cryed so on him.

    25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul sayd vnto the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romane, and not condemned?

    26Nowe when the Centurion heard it, hee went, and tolde the chiefe captaine, saying, Take heede what thou doest: for this man is a Romane.

    27Then the chiefe captaine came, and sayd to him, Tel me, art thou a Romane? And he said, Yea.

    28And the chiefe captaine answered, With a great summe obtained I this freedome. Then Paul sayd, But I was so borne.

  • Acts 21:31-33
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    31But as they went about to kill him, tydings came vnto the chiefe captaine of the band, that all Hierusalem was on an vproare.

    32Who immediately tooke souldiers & Centurions, and ran downe vnto them: and when they sawe the chiefe Captaine and the souldiers, they left beating of Paul.

    33Then the chiefe Captaine came neere and tooke him, and commaunded him to be bound with two chaines, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.

  • Acts 16:35-39
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    35And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

    36Then the keeper of the prison tolde these woordes vnto Paul, saying, The gouerness haue sent to loose you: nowe therefore get you hence, and goe in peace.

    37Then sayde Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncodemned, which are Romanes, they haue cast vs into prison, and nowe would they put vs out priuily? nay verely: but let them come and bring vs out.

    38And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were Romanes.

    39Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.

  • Acts 23:10
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    10And when there was a great dissension, the chiefe captaine, fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commaunded the souldiers to go downe, and take him from among them, and to bring him into the castel.

  • Acts 23:17-19
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    17And Paul called one of the Centurions vnto him, and said, Take this yong man hence vnto the chiefe captaine: for he hath a certaine thing to shewe him.

    18So hee tooke him, and brought him to the chiefe captaine, and saide, Paul the prisoner called mee vnto him, and prayed mee to bring this yong man vnto thee, which hath some thing to say vnto thee.

    19Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hande, and went apart with him alone, and asked him, What hast thou to shewe me?

  • Acts 28:16-18
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    16So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that kept him.

    17And the third day after, Paul called the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he said vnto them, Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothing against the people, or Lawes of the fathers, yet was I deliuered prisoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes.

    18Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 24:7-8
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    7But the chiefe captaine Lysias came vpon vs, and with great violence tooke him out of our handes,

    8Commanding his accusers to come to thee: of whom thou mayest (if thou wilt inquire) know all these things whereof we accuse him.

  • Acts 23:27-32
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    27As this man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue bene killed of them, I came vpon them with the garison, and rescued him, perceiuing that he was a Romane.

    28And when I would haue knowen the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.

    29There I perceiued that hee was accused of questions of their Lawe, but had no crime worthy of death, or of bondes.

    30And when it was shewed me, how that the Iewes layd waite for the man, I sent him straightway to thee, and commaunded his accusers to speake before thee the thinges that they had against him. Farewell.

    31Then the souldiers as it was commaunded them, tooke Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

    32And the next day, they left the horsemen to goe with him, and returned vnto the Castel.

  • Acts 23:22
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    22The chiefe captaine then let the yong man depart, after hee had charged him to vtter it to no man, that he had shewed him these things.

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30And when he had thus spoken, the King rose vp, and the gouernour, and Bernice, and they that sate with them.

    31And when they were gone apart, they talked betweene themselues, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds.

  • Acts 24:22-23
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    72%

    22Nowe when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, and said, When I shall more perfectly know the things which concerne this way, by the comming of Lysias the chiefe Captaine, I will decise your matter.

    23Then hee commaunded a Centurion to keepe Paul, and that he should haue ease, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister vnto him, or to come vnto him.

  • Acts 25:17
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    17Therefore when they were come hither, without delay the day following I sate on the iudgement seate, and commaunded the man to be brought foorth.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15Of whom when I came to Hierusalem, the high Priestes and Elders of the Iewes informed me, and desired to haue iudgement against him.

  • Acts 27:1
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    1Now when it was concluded, that we should sayle into Italie, they deliuered both Paul, and certaine other prisoners vnto a Centurion named Iulius, of the band of Augustus.

  • Acts 25:6
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    6Now when he had taried among them no more then ten dayes, hee went downe to Cæsarea, and the next day sate in the iudgement seat, and commaunded Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 23:15
    71%

    15Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chiefe captaine, that hee bring him foorth vnto you to morow: as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him, and we, or euer he come neere, will be readie to kill him.

  • Acts 17:9
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    9Notwithstanding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other, they let them goe.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2And led him away bounde, and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the gouernour.

  • Acts 21:36-37
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    36For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.

    37And as Paul should haue bene led into the castell, he sayd vnto the chiefe Captaine, May I speake vnto thee? Who sayd, Canst thou speake Greeke?

  • Acts 25:20
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    20And because I doubted of such maner of question, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these things.

  • John 18:12
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    12Then the bande and the captaine, and the officers of the Iewes tooke Iesus, and bound him,

  • Acts 25:4
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    4But Festus answered, that Paul should bee kept at Cæsarea, and that he himselfe would shortly depart thither.

  • Acts 5:26
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    26Then went the captaine with the officers, and brought them without violence (for they feared the people, lest they should haue bene stoned)

  • Acts 25:2
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    2Then the high Priest, and the chiefe of the Iewes appeared before him against Paul: and they besought him,

  • Acts 25:10
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    10Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsars iudgment seate, where I ought to be iudged: to the Iewes I haue done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.