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 Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and be examined by flogging, in order to ascertain the reason why they thus cried out against him.
Hebrews 11:35
Women received back their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were put to death with torture, refusing the deliverance offered to them--that they might secure a better resurrection.
The chief
Acts 22:25
But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog a Roman citizen--and one too who is uncondemned?"
Acts 16:38
This answer the lictors took back to the praetors, who were alarmed when they were told that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.