Scofield's Bible Commentary
Acts 22:28
freedom
Citizenship.
was free born
Am a Roman born, that is, of a father who had obtained citizenship.
freedom
Citizenship.
was free born
Am a Roman born, that is, of a father who had obtained citizenship.
Verse Acts 22:28. _WITH A GREAT SUM OBTAINED I THIS FREEDOM_] So it appears that the freedom, even of Rome, might be _purchased_, and that it was sold at a very _high price_. _BUT I WAS FREE BORN._]...
WITH A GREAT SUM OBTAINED I THIS FREEDOM - The freedom or privilege of Roman citizenship. From this it would seem that the privilege of being a Roman citizen might be purchased, unless perhaps he refe...
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...
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...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
SUM. Greek. _kephalaion._ Only here and Hebrews 8:1. In Septuagint Leviticus 6:4.Numbers 4:2; Numbers 5:7 (principal), &c. OBTAINED. Greek.
_obtained I this freedom_ Better "_this citizenship_" (_Rev. Ver._). Probably at the time when the A. V. was made "freedom" conveyed somewhat of this sense as we speak still of bestowing on any one th...
ΤῊΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΕΊΑΝ ΤΑΎΤΗΝ ἘΚΤΗΣΆΜΗΝ, _obtained I this citizenship_. It was the Roman boast ‘I am a Roman _citizen_’ (Cic. _in Verr._ v. 63). The sale of the freedom of Rome was at times the perquisite of...
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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ Acts 22:8. ΚΕΦΑΛΑΊΟΥ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΕΦΆΛΑΙΟΝ (G2774) капитал, сумма. _Gen._ цены (BD, 97). Жена Клавдия и его придворные продавали (за взятки!) гражданские пр...
BUT I WAS FREE BORN.— This is thought, by some, to have been in consequence of his being a native of Tarsus; but Dr. Lardner has produced many strong arguments against admitting that city to have been...
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...
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. ROMAN CITIZENSH...
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...
See on Acts 16:37. It is evident that the chief captain had not bought the citizenship under Claudius (41-54 a.d.), who sold it for a merely nominal sum....
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...
WITH A GREAT SUM OBTAINED I THIS FREEDOM. — Better, _this citizenship,_ the word expressing, not the transition from bondage to freedom, but from the position of an alien to that of a citizen. Probabl...
πολλοῦ κεφ., _cf._ LXX, Lev. 5:24 (Leviticus 6:4), Numbers 5:7; Jos., _Ant._, xii., 2, 3 (used by Plato of capital (_caput_) as opposed to interest). Mr. Page compares the making of baronets by James...
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...
Civilitatem; that is, Civitatem, Græce, _Greek: politeian, the rights of citizenship. These privileges were granted by Antonius to the city of Tarsus. (Appianus civilium 5.)_...
And the kiliarch responded, _“I obtained the same freedom for a great sum.”_ But Paul said: _“But, indeed, I have been born.”_ We see here that Lysias unhesitatingly took Paul's word for his Roman cit...
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...
− 28._With a great sum. _The chief captain objecteth this to refute him as if he should say, that the freedom of the city is not so common, and easily to be obtained. How can it be that thou, being so...
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...
AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ANSWERED, WITH A GREAT SUM OBTAINED I THIS FREEDOM,.... For, it seems, he was not a Roman born, but very likely a Grecian, or Syrian, by his name Lysias; and as all things were n...
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was _free_ born. Ver. 28. _With a great sum_] Or, with long service. This privilege was first sold at a...
_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...
THIS FREEDOM; of Roman citizenship. This was sometimes conferred as a reward for distinguished services, sometimes inherited, and sometimes bought with money....
AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ANSWERED, WITH A GREAT SUM OBTAINED I THIS FREEDOM. AND PAUL SAID, BUT I WAS FREE-BORN. Paul's simple declaration of fact that he was called by the Lord by a direct revelation to...
PAUL AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN. Paul asserts his citizenship:...
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 COMMANDER ANSWERED, " WITH A LARGE SUM I OBTAINED THIS CITIZENSHIP. " AND PAUL SAID, " BUT I WAS BORN _A CITIZEN._ " 1. Many became Romans by paying a great fee. This Roman commander was a Roman...
Acts 22:27-28 "I acquired this citizenship with. large sum of money" "Citizenship tended to be either by right (for those of high status or office) or by reward (for those who had served the Empire we...
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 historian relates, that the emperor Claudius sold this privilege to such foreigners as had not by any notable service merited to have it conferred upon them. At first it cost them very much to obt...
Tertullian On Modesty Let it suffice to the martyr to have purged his own sins: it is the part of ingratitude or of pride to lavish upon others also what one has obtained at a high price.[289]...
Acts 22:28 G5037 commander G5506 answered G611 (G5662) large G4183 sum G2774 I G1473 obtained G2932 ...
‘And the chief captain came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.” And the chief captain answered, “With a great sum obtained I this citizenship.” And Paul said, “But I am a...
Acts 22:28. AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ANSWERED, WITH A GREAT SUM OBTAINED I THIS FREEDOM. More literally, and at the same time more forcibly, ‘obtained I this citizenship;' the word, as Plumptre well rema...
WITH A GREAT SUM (πολλου κεφαλαιου). The use of κεφαλαιου (from κεφαλη, head) for sums of money (principal as distinct from interest) is old and frequent in the papyri. Our word capital is from χαπυ...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 22:28 I BOUGHT THIS CITIZENSHIP. Persons who were not born Roman citizens but became citizens later usually took the name of their sponsor. That the tribune’s name was Claudius Lysia...
_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 22:28...
Sum [κ ε φ α λ α ι ο υ]. Lit., capital. The purchase of Roman citizenship was an investment. Under the first Roman emperors it was obtained only at large cost and with great difficulty; later, it was...
But I was free born — Not barely as being born at Tarsus; for this was not Roman colony. But probably either his father, or some of his ancestors, had been made free of Rome, for some military service...