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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 taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash, that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him.
Hebrews 11:35
Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.
The chief
Acts 22:25
But just as they had tied him up to be scourged, Paul said to the Captain standing near: "Is it legal for you to scourge a Roman citizen, unconvicted?"
Acts 16:38
The police reported his words to the Magistrates, who, on hearing that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, were alarmed,