Acts 22:25

Acts 10:1; Acts 23:17; Acts 27:1; Acts 27:3; Acts 27:43; Acts 16:37; Acts 22:27; Acts 22:28; Acts 25:16; Matthew 27:54; Matthew 8:8

Related Commentaries of Acts 22:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bound him with thongs - With cords, preparatory to scourging. Is it lawful ... - It was directly contrary to the Roman law to bind and scourg...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and unconde...
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

bound . Greek. pr oteino, to stretch out or tie up. Only here. thongs . Greek. himas. Here, Mark 1:7 ; Luke 3:16 ; John 1:27 . centurion...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 25. Is it lawful? He allegeth first the privilege of the city, then he defendeth himself by common law. And though there were more weight...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is it lawful, &c.?— See the note on ch. Acts 16:37 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondem...
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 (...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bound him with thongs ] The correct reading probably means, 'And when they had stretched him out ready for the scourging.' A Roman ] see Acts 16:3...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And as they bound him with thongs. — The words have sometimes been rendered, “they stretched him forward for the straps” — i.e., put him into the...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as they bound him with thongs ,.... To a pillar, in order to be scourged, according to the Roman manner d. Nor was the Jewish form of scourging...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned...
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

Paul's First Defence. 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then li...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They bound him with thongs; they who were to be scourged were bound to a post or column (amongst the Jews) of a cubit and a half high, inclining do...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and...
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...
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. Bret...
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

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 defens...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemne...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And as they — The soldiers ordered by the tribune, were binding him with thongs — A freeman of Rome might be bound with a chain and beaten with a s...

²⁵ And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

Related Commentaries of Acts 22:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 22:25