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 commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.
Hebrews 11:35
and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.
The chief
Acts 22:25
When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, "Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?"
Acts 16:38
The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens