Acts 22:24

ὁ χιλ., see Acts 21:31. παρεμ., Acts 21:34. εἰπὼν : whether the chiliarch understood Paul's words or not, he evidently saw from the outcries of the mob that the Apostle was regarded as a dangerous person, and he probably thought to obtain some definite information from the prisoner himself by torture. μάστιξιν, cf. 2Ma 7:1, 4Ma 6:3; 4Ma 9:12, etc., and 1 Kings 12:11; Proverbs 26:3, and in N.T., Hebrews 11:36; the Roman scourging was a terrible punishment; for its description cf., e.g., Keim, Geschichte Jesu, iii., p. 390 (for Jewish scougings see Farrar, St. Paul, ii., Excurs., xi.). ἀνετάζεσθαι : not found in classical Greek, but ἐξετάζεσθαι used specially of examination by torture. It is found in the active voice in Judges 6:29 A, and Susannah, ver 14. ἐπεφ.: “shouted against him,” R.V., see on Acts 21:34, and 3Ma 7:13 only here with dative.