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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 colonel ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks, and told them to examine him by flogging, in order that he might find out why they were crying out against him in such a way.
Hebrews 11:35
Women by a resurrection received their dead again; others endured tortures, because they would not accept release, that they might rise to a better life.
The chief
Acts 22:25
But when they had tied him for the flogging, Paul asked the captain who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman, and one who is uncondemned at that?"
Acts 16:38
The policemen reported this message to the chiefs of the police court, and they became alarmed when they heard that they were Roman citizens,