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 Paul to be brought to headquarters and requested that he be interrogated by means of a flogging, in order to learn the reason why people were shouting against him.
Hebrews 11:35
Women received their dead [loved ones] back to life. Others were tortured but refused to be rescued, so they could obtain a better resurrection.
The chief
Acts 22:25
Just as they were tying him up [in preparation] for the flogging, Paul said to the officer nearby, "Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman [citizen] before he has been [legally] condemned?"
Acts 16:38
So, the officers reported what Paul had said and the city officials became fearful when they learned that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.