Acts 22:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

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  • Acts 21:34 : 34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.
  • Acts 23:10 : 10 When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
  • Acts 23:27 : 27 This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.
  • Acts 22:25-29 : 25 When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby,“Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying,“What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.” 27 So the commanding officer came and asked Paul,“Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied,“Yes.” 28 The commanding officer answered,“I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.”“But I was even born a citizen,” Paul replied. 29 Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.
  • John 19:1 : 1 Pilate Tries to Release Jesus Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.
  • Acts 16:22-23 : 22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods. 23 After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
  • Acts 16:37 : 37 But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”
  • Acts 21:31-32 : 31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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  • Acts 22:25-27
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    89%

    25When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby,“Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”

    26When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying,“What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

    27So the commanding officer came and asked Paul,“Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied,“Yes.”

  • Acts 21:31-37
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    80%

    31While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

    32He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

    33Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

    34But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.

    35When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,

    36for a crowd of people followed them, screaming,“Away with him!”

    37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer,“May I say something to you?” The officer replied,“Do you know Greek?

  • Acts 23:10
    79%

    10When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 22:23
    79%

    23While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,

  • Acts 22:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.

    30Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 23:17-20
    4 verses
    76%

    17Paul called one of the centurions and said,“Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.”

    18So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer 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 commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”

    20He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

  • Acts 16:22-24
    3 verses
    75%

    22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

    23After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

    24Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

  • John 19:1
    75%

    1Pilate Tries to Release Jesus Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.

  • Acts 24:8
    75%

    8When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”

  • Acts 16:37-38
    2 verses
    75%

    37But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”

    38The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

  • Acts 23:28-31
    4 verses
    74%

    28Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

    29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

    30When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.

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

  • Acts 24:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying,“When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.”

    23He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

  • Acts 25:15
    73%

    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

  • Acts 28:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    16When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

    17Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

    18When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

  • Acts 23:15
    72%

    15So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

  • Acts 25:6
    72%

    6After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 25:17
    72%

    17So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

  • Matt 27:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

    27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

  • Acts 23:22
    71%

    22Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

  • Mark 15:16
    71%

    16Jesus is Mocked So the soldiers led him into the palace(that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.

  • Acts 25:2
    71%

    2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

  • Acts 24:6
    71%

    6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.

  • Acts 25:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

    21But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.”

  • Acts 25:23
    71%

    23Paul Before King Agrippa and Bernice So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall, along with the senior military officers and the prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.

  • Acts 23:34
    70%

    34When the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,

  • Acts 5:26
    70%

    26Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).