Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was Roman, and because he had bound him. See the note at .
ACTS 22:29 From avpV auvtou/ onward the text of codex Bezae is lacking. The Latin side ends in the middle of ver. Acts 22:20. Once again the Western reviser leaves nothing to the imagination of the...
Verse Acts 22:29. _AFTER HE KNEW THAT HE WAS A ROMAN_] He who was going to scourge him durst not proceed to the torture when Paul declared himself to be a _Roman_. A passage from Cicero, Orat. pro Ve...
THEN STRAIGHTWAY - Immediately. They saw that by scourging him they would have Violated the Roman law, and exposed themselves to its penalty. WHICH SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED HIM - Who were about to tortur...
CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The Address of the Apostle (Acts 22:1)._ 2. The Answer from the Mob, and Paul's Appeal to His Roman citizenship (Acts 22:22). What a scene it was! On the stairs, midway between the t...
AFTER THE SPEECH, IN THE BARRACKS. Like Stephen, Paul is interrupted, and threatened with stoning. The throwing dust into the air is probably to be understood as an expression of blind fury (_cf._ 2Ma...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
Up to this statement they listened to him, and then they cried, "Destroy such a fellow from the earth, for it is not proper for him to live." While they were shouting and waving their garments and thr...
STRAIGHTWAY. Greek. _eutheos,_ as in Acts 21:30 (forthwith). DEPARTED. See note on Acts 19:9. SHOULD HAVE, &C. = were about to examine....
_which should have examined him_ This is old English for "which were about to examine him" which the _Rev. Ver._gives. The verb is euphemistically employed for the scourging which it was proposed to a...
ΟἹ ΜΈΛΛΟΝΤΕΣ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ�, _those who were about to examine him_. The verb is used here euphemistically for the scourging which it had been proposed to inflict on the Apostle. ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ἮΝ ΔΕΔΕΚΏΣ, _he had bo...
FURY OF THE JEWS. THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ORDERS PAUL TO BE SCOURGED, BUT ON HEARING THAT HE IS A ROMAN, RECALLS THE ORDER IN ALARM...
_PAUL'S ROMAN CITIZENSHIP HELPED HIM ACTS 22:22-30:_ The crowd listened to Paul until he said the word "Gentile." Then they said, "Get rid of this man! He doesn't deserve to live." Like madmen these p...
ΆΠΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G868) отходить, уходить, ΜΈΛΛΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part., см._ Acts 22:16, с _inf._ для выражения будущего, ΆΝΕΤΆΖΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf., см._ Acts 22:24. ΈΦΟΒΉΘΗ...
WHICH SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED HIM:— _Put him to the question_ or _torture._ See on Acts 22:24. The latter part of the verse might be better rendered, _the chief captain was afraid,_—because he had bound...
d. The response of the mob. Paul imprisoned. Acts 22:22-30. Acts 22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: f...
See notes on verse 25...
21 Here we have the cause of Israel's apostasy laid bare. They were to be a channel of blessing to the other nations, but, instead, they kept all Jehovah's gifts to themselves and refused to share the...
ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE 1-21. St Paul's Speech to the People. St. Paul was accused of (1) hostility to the Jews, (2) contempt for the Jewish Law, and (3) the desecration of the Temple. He answers all these...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 22 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE CROWD, 22:1-21 V1 ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me! I will explain what happened.’ V2 The crowd became even quieter. T...
WHICH SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED HIM. — The verb had acquired the secondary sense (just as “putting to the question” did in mediæval administration of justice) of examining by torture. BECAUSE HE HAD BOUND...
καὶ … δὲ, _cf._ Acts 3:24; Luke 2:35; Matthew 10:18; Matthew 16:18; John 6:51;
SAVED FOR FURTHER SERVICE Acts 22:17 To the story of his conversion, as given in Acts 9:1, the Apostle here adds a detailed account of that memorable interview in the Temple, when he questioned the a...
Paul's defense as here recorded is a rare and perfect example of Christian argument. He was defending his devotion to work among the Gentiles. In that defense the last word he was permitted to utter w...
The Reaction to Paul's Defense So great was the Jews' hatred of the Gentiles that the very mention of them enraged the audience and moved them to call for Paul's death. They began to throw their garme...
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was (d) a Roman, and because he had bound him. (d) Not by nation,...
The same law which forbad a Roman citizen to be scourged, forbad him also to be bound. (St. Augustine, lib. i. de Serm. Dni. chap. 29.) --- It was under Claudius that the abuse of buying the freedom o...
LYSIAS PROCEEDS TO HAVE HIM COWHIDED 24-30. The uproarious clamor and the awful fury of the Jews impress Lysias that Paul is guilty of some terrible crime, about which he has hitherto been unable to s...
And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. (23) And as they cried out, and cas...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
He departs therefore to Jerusalem; and when there, he goes to the house of James, and all the elders assemble. Paul relates to them the work of God among the Gentiles. They turn to their Judaism, of w...
THEN STRAIGHTWAY THEY DEPARTED FROM HIM, WHICH SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED HIM,.... By scourging; namely, the soldiers, who under the inspection of the centurion, and by the order of the chief captain, were...
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Ver. 29. _Then straight...
_And as they_ The soldiers ordered by the tribune; were binding _him with thongs_ In order to their scourging him; _Paul said unto the centurion that stood by_ To see the tribune's orders executed; _I...
THE CHIEF CAPTAIN-WAS AFRAID; to bind a Roman citizen, uncondemned, for the purpose of scourging him, was contrary to the Roman law, and exposed him who did it to severe punishment....
THEN STRAIGHTWAY THEY DEPARTED FROM HIM WHICH SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED HIM; AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ALSO WAS AFRAID AFTER HE KNEW THAT HE WAS A ROMAN, AND BECAUSE HE HAD BOUND HIM....
Arrangements for a decent hearing:...
The crowd having been quietened, Paul speaks with fullest respect for those he addresses, and doing so in the Hebrew language, he attracts more serious attention. He has been practically convicted by...
THEN IMMEDIATELY THOSE WHO WERE ABOUT TO EXAMINE HIM WITHDREW FROM HIM; AND THE COMMANDER WAS ALSO AFRAID AFTER HE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS A ROMAN, AND BECAUSE HE HAD BOUND HIM. 1. They had already ove...
EXAMINED HIM: Or, tortured him...
Paul is immediately untied and the commander was afraid because he had come so close to committing. very serious crime. "Because he had put him in chains" This does not refer to the chains necessary t...
22-30 The Jews listened to Paul's account of his conversion, but the mention of his being sent to the Gentiles, was so contrary to all their national prejudices, that they would hear no more. Their f...
THEY DEPARTED FROM HIM, who had bound him, and would have scourged him. THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ALSO WAS AFRAID; the crime of breaking the privileges of the Roman citizens being accounted no less than treas...
Acts 22:29 Then G3767 immediately G2112 who G3588 were G3195 (G5723) examine G426 (G5721) him G846 withdrew...
‘Those then who were about to examine him straightway left him alone, and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.' Once the chief captain had...
Acts 22:29. THEN STRAIGHTWAY THEY DEPARTED FROM HIM WHICH SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED HIM. That is to say, those soldiers who with the centurion were about to carry the sentence of scourging into execution....
DEPARTED FROM HIM (απεστησαν απ' αυτου). Second aorist active indicative (intransitive) of αφιστημ, stood off from him at once.WAS AFRAID (εφοβηθη). Ingressive aorist passive indicative of φοβεομ...
EXAMINED HIM Or, tortured him....
CONTENTS: Paul's defense before the multitude. Recounts his conversion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, chief captain. CONCLUSION: God's servants who are set upon with rage and fury because o...
Acts 22:1. _Men, brethren, and fathers;_ that is, men of mixed nations assembled at the feast. The persecutors had said, men of Israel, help. _Brethren,_ religious persons of the stock of Israel. _Fat...
AND TOLD THEM TO WHIP HIM. Whether the Roman commander had understood a word Paul had said to the people (since it was in Hebrew), he could see from their actions that they considered him a dangerous...
_The chief captain commanded him to be brought to the castle._ THE JEWS, THE BOMAN, AND THE CHRISTIAN I. The Jews in their conduct, which necessitated the interference of the chief captain, illustra...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:22. AWAY WITH SUCH a fellow FROM THE EARTH.—As in Acts 21:36. IT IS NOT FIT. Better, _it was not fit_ THAT HE SHOULD LIVE.—Meaning that he had long ago forfeited his life....
EXPOSITION ACTS 22:1 _Brethren _for _men, brethren, _A.V. (Acts 7:2, note); the for my, A.V.; _now make _for _make now, _A.V. THE DEFENSE; ἀπολογία This is the technical word in classical Greek for...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the twenty-second chapter of Acts. Pick up on Paul where we left him last week in that very dramatic moment. Paul in spite of repeated warnings from the Holy Spirit...
Acts 16:38; Acts 16:39; Acts 22:24; Acts 22:25; Acts 22:26;...