Acts 22:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him:a and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. ”

Acts 22:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then straightway - Immediately. They saw that by scourging him they would have Violated the Roman law, and exposed themselves to its penalty. Which should have examined him - Who were about t...
Acts 22:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was (d) a Roman, and because he had bound him. (d) Not by nation,...
Acts 22:29 - 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 22:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

straightway . Greek. eutheos, as in Acts 21:30 (forthwith). departed . See note on Acts 19:9 . should have, &c . = were about to examine.
Acts 22:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. After he knew that he w...
Acts 22:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which should have examined him:— Put him to the question or torture. See on Acts 22:24 . The latter part of the verse might be better rendered, the chief captain was afraid, —because he had b...
Acts 22:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Then straightway t...
Acts 22:29 - 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 22:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Which should have examined him. — The verb had acquired the secondary sense (just as “putting to the question” did in mediæval administration of justice) of examining by torture. Because he had b...
Acts 22:29 - 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 22:29 - 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 22:29 - 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 22:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then straightway they departed from him, which should have examined him ,.... By scourging; namely, the soldiers, who under the inspection of the centurion, and by the order of the chief captain, we...
Acts 22:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Ver. 29. Then strai...
Acts 22:29 - 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 22:29 - 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 22:29 - 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 22:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They departed from him, who had bound him, and would have scourged him. The chief captain also was afraid; the crime of breaking the privileges of the Roman citizens being accounted no less than...
Acts 22:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Those then who were about to examine him straightway left him alone, and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.' Once the chief captain ha...
Acts 22:29 - 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 22:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

examined him Or, tortured him.
Acts 22:29 - 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 22:29 - 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 22:29 - 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 22:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him; and the chief captain also was afraid after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Acts 22:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:38 ; Acts 16:39 ; Acts 22:24 ; Acts 22:25 ; Acts 22:26 ; Hebrews 11:35

Acts 22:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 22:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 22:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 22:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 22:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 22:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 22:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 22:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge