Acts 22:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. ”

Acts 22:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Acts 22:28 - 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 22:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sum . Greek. kephalaion. Only here and Hebrews 8:1 . In Septuagint Leviticus 6:4 . Numbers 4:2 ; Numbers 5:7 (principal), &c. obtained . Greek. ktaomai. See note on Acts 1:18 . free...
Acts 22:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 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,...
Acts 22:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. With a great sum obtained I this freedom - So it appears that the freedom, even of Rome...
Acts 22:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 b...
Acts 22:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 citi...
Acts 22:28 - 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 22:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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. Prob...
Acts 22:28 - 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 22:28 - 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 22:28 - 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 22:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 wer...
Acts 22:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Acts 22:28 - 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 22:28 - 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 22:28 - 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 22:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 ob...
Acts 22:28 - 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 22:28 - 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 22:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

freedom Citizenship. was free born Am a Roman born, that is, of a father who had obtained citizenship.
Acts 22:28 - 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 22:28 - 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 22:28 - 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 22:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and the Chief Captain. Paul asserts his citizenship:
Acts 22:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:28
Acts 22:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 serv...

Acts 22:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 22:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 22:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 22:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 22:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 22:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 22:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes