the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him.
1. The speech is now over. They are not going to listen any more.
2. The Roman commander now steps in and orders Paul taken inside the barracks.
3. Paul had his chance with the Jews. Now the Romans want to examine him.
Verse Acts 22:24. _EXAMINED BY SCOURGING_] As the chief captain did not understand the Hebrew language, he was ignorant of the _charge_ brought against Paul, and ignorant also of the _defence_ which...
THE CASTLE - The castle of Antonia. He would be there removed entirely from the wrath of the Jews. SHOULD BE EXAMINED - ἀνετάζεσθαι anetazesthai.” The word “examine” with us commonly means “to inqui...
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...
CHIEF CAPTAIN. See note on Acts 21:31. CASTLE. See note on Acts 21:34. EXAMINED. Greek. _anetazo_. Only here and Acts 22:29. SCOURGING. Greek. _mastix._ Here and...
_the chief captain_, &c. Probably the chief captain knew nothing of what St Paul had been saying, and would be surprised at the outbreak of rage on the part of the people, and conclude from it that th...
Ὁ ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΣ ΕἸΣΆΓΕΣΘΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ with אABCDE. _Vulg_. ‘tribunus induci eum.’ 24. ἘΚΈΛΕΥΣΕΝ Ὁ ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΣ ΕἸΣΆΓΕΣΘΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle_. Probably...
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...
ΈΚΈΛΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΕΛΕΎΩ (G2753) приказывать, ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΣ (G5505) командир над тысячей, трибун (_см._ Acts 21:31). Это главнокомандующий военных сил Иерусалима. Вероятно, командир Cohors It...
HE SHOULD BE EXAMINED BY SCOURGING;— One of the ways of examining by torture among the Romans, as well as among the Jews, was by binding the person to a pillar, and severely scourging him; so that thi...
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 22...
THE CHIEF CAPTAIN COMMANDED HIM TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CASTLE, AND BADE THAT HE SHOULD BE EXAMINED BY SCOURGING; THAT HE MIGHT KNOW WHEREFORE THEY CRIED SO AGAINST HIM. _ The chief captain commande...
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...
CHIEF CAPTAIN] i.e. tribune. THE CASTLE] i.e. the fortress of Antonia: see Acts 21:34....
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...
BADE THAT HE SHOULD BE EXAMINED BY SCOURGING. — The matter-of-course way in which this is narrated illustrates the ordinary process of Roman provincial administration. The chiliarch had probably only...
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 per...
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...
(3) The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. (3) The wisdom of the fles...
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...
− 24._The chief captain. _It was well and wisely done of the chief captain thus to withdraw Paul from the sight of the people, forasmuch as his presence did move and more provoke them who were already...
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...
THE CHIEF CAPTAIN COMMANDED HIM TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CASTLE,.... Into the inside of it; for till now he was upon the top of the stairs, or steps, which led up to it; which might be done in order to...
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. Ver. 24. _Examined by scourgin...
_And as they cried out_ In this furious manner; _and cast_ Or tore; _off their clothes_ In token of indignation and horror at this pretended blasphemy: or, as Dr. Whitby thinks, as in the case of Step...
CASTLE; chap Acts 21:34. SCOURGING; whipping-a Roman mode of torturing men, to make them confess their crimes. THAT HE MIGHT KNOW; his ignorance of the Hebrew tongue, used by both Paul and his enemi...
PAUL AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN. Paul asserts his citizenship:...
THE CHIEF CAPTAIN COMMANDED HIM TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CASTLE, AND BADE THAT HE SHOULD BE EXAMINED BY SCOURGING, THAT HE MIGHT KNOW WHEREFORE THEY CRIED SO AGAINST HIM....
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...
The Roman commander at this point realizes that he is getting nowhere with the crowd, so he brings Paul inside the fortress. "Stating that he would be examined by scourging" Simply put, they were plan...
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...
THE CHIEF CAPTAIN; of whom, ACTS 21:31. THE CASTLE, or fort, called Antonia, as in ACTS 21:34. BY SCOURGING; or torturing, (being put to the question, as the French expression is, agreeable to the Gre...
Acts 22:24 commander G5506 ordered G2753 (G5656) him G846 brought G71 (G5745) into G1519 barracks G3925 said...
‘And as they cried out, and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air, the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the fortress, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that...
_Paul, on being condemned to be scourged, appeals as a Roman CitizenThe Roman Commander summons the Sanhedrim,_ 24-30. Acts 22:24. THE CHIEF CAPTAIN COMMANDED HIM TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CASTLE, AND HA...
THAT HE BE EXAMINED BY SCOURGING (μαστιξιν ανεταζεσθα αυτον). The present passive infinitive of ανεταζω in indirect command after ειπας (bidding). This verb does not occur in the old Greek (which us...
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 21:31; Acts 21:32; Acts 23:10; Acts 23:27; Acts 16:22;...
Examined [α ν ε τ α ζ ε σ θ α ι]. Only here and ver. 29. Not found in classical Greek. Apocrypha, Susanna, ver. 14. By scourging [μ α σ τ ι ξ ι ν]. Lit., with scourges....