Acts 22:29

καὶ … δὲ, cf. Acts 3:24; Luke 2:35; Matthew 10:18; Matthew 16:18; John 6:51; John 15:27; Romans 11:23; 2 Timothy 3:12, and other instances, Grimm-Thayer, sub v., δέ, 9. ἐφοβήθη, cf. Acts 16:38, and the magistrates of Philippi. He seems to have broken two laws, the Lex Porcia and the law mentioned above, Acts 22:26. ἐπιγ. ὅτι Ῥωμαῖός ἐστι : the punishment for pretending to be a Roman citizen was death, and therefore St. Paul's own avowal would have been sufficient, Suet., Claudius, 25. ὅτι ἦν αὐτὸν δεδεκώς : on the construction usual in Luke see Acts 1:10. The words may be best referred to the binding in Acts 22:25 like a slave; this is more natural than to refer them to Acts 21:33. If this latter view is correct, it seems strange that Paul should have remained bound until the next day, Acts 22:30. No doubt it is quite possible that the Apostle's bonds were less severe after the chiliarch was aware of his Roman citizenship, and that the later notices, Acts 23:18; Acts 24:27; Acts 26:29; Acts 27:42, may contrast favourably with Acts 21:33.