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 dear rate to foreigners, but afterwards for a small matter. (Dio in Claudio.)
But I was freeborn] Tarsus, Paul's country, was a Roman colony, and made free of Rome by Mark Antony.