Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Examined him
The chief
Bible References
Examined him
Acts 22:24
the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, stating that he was to be interrogated with a whip in order to learn why the people were shouting against him that way.
Hebrews 11:35
Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured [to death], refusing to accept release [offered on the condition of denying their faith], so that they would be resurrected to a better life;
The chief
Acts 22:25
But when they had stretched him out with the leather straps [in preparation for the whip], Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it legal for you to whip a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned [without a trial]?”
Acts 16:38
The officers reported this message to the chief magistrates, and when they heard that the prisoners were Romans, they were frightened;