Acts 22:28

freedom

Citizenship.

was free born

Am a Roman born, that is, of a father who had obtained citizenship.

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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 R...
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...
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 ....
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, a...
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 free...
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 stro...
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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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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 nomina...
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 t...
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...
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 tha...
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...
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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...
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, w...
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...
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 serio...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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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 conferre...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 necessi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and the Chief Captain. Paul asserts his citizenship:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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,...

²⁸ And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

Related Commentaries of Acts 22:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 22:28