Acts 22:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. ”

Acts 22:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Acts 22:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
Acts 22:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? - showing that his being of...
Acts 22:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Acts 22:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Art thou a Roman ? — The pronoun is emphatic: “ Thou, the Jew speaking both Greek and Hebrew, art thou a citizen of Rome?” The combination of so many more or less discordant elements was so excep...
Acts 22:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Saved for Further Service Acts 22:17-30 To the story of his conversion, as given in Acts 9:1-43 , the Apostle here adds a detailed account of that memorable interview in the Temple, when he qu...
Acts 22:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Acts 22:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 ca...
Acts 22:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him ,.... To Paul: tell me, art thou a Roman ? he had told him before that he was a Jew of Tarsus, and which was true, and had said nothing of his being...
Acts 22:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. Ver. 27. He said, Yea ] And withal he made it out (likely) by sufficient proof to be so; he produced some...
Acts 22:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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;...
Acts 22:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 22:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's First Defence. 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a...
Acts 22:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is very reasonable that a good man should make use of such lawful privileges as the place in which he lives doth afford, and in his condition may be allowed. And it is part of that wisdom our Savi...
Acts 22:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 22:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 forfeit...
Acts 22:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
Acts 22:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

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, illus...
Acts 22:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 class...
Acts 22:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and the Chief Captain. Paul asserts his citizenship:

Acts 22:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 22:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 22:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann