Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him, Verse ConceptsRankArmies, Roman

But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured. Verse ConceptsPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRoofHumility, Examples OfUnworthinessChrist SpeakingJesus HealingFaith And HealingHope And Healing

And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!" Verse ConceptsearthquakesCenturionCrucifixion, Of ChristGuardsMan Keeping WatchWitnessing, Importance OfFear, Of UnknownArmies, RomanMessianic Titles, Son Of GodSaid To Be The ChristWitnessingJesus Deathcrucifixion

A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death. Verse ConceptsdiseasesMastersEmployers, Good ExamplesNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearPrecious

When the captain saw what had happened he praised God, and said, "This man was really innocent!" Verse ConceptsCenturionCrucifixion, Of ChristSin, Universality OfWitnessing, Importance OfArmies, RomanSpecific Praising Of Godassertiveness

There was at Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a captain in what was known as the Italian regiment. Verse ConceptsMilitaryArmies, RomanVolunteering

When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants, Verse ConceptsDevout MenTwo Other Men

They answered, "Cornelius, who is a captain, and an upright and God-fearing man, and who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to what you have to say." Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

He immediately got some officers and men and hurried down among them, and when they saw the colonel and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul. Verse ConceptsOfficersSoldiersCessationStopping FightingGroups RunningBeating Believers

Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Chiliarchs

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Paul called one of the officers and said to him, "Take this young man to the colonel, for he has something to tell him." Verse ConceptsChiliarchs

Then he called in two of his officers and said to them, "Get two hundred men ready to march to Caesarea, with seventy mounted men and two hundred spear-men, by nine o'clock tonight." Verse ConceptsTravelThe Number Two HundredRiding HorsesSeventiesTwo Other Men

He ordered the officer to keep Paul in custody, but to allow him some freedom, and not to prevent his friends from looking after him. Verse ConceptsCenturionGuardsPeople Set Free By Peoplerelaxation

When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an officer of the Imperial regiment, named Julius. Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

But the officer was more influenced by the pilot and the captain than by what Paul had to say, Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good Adviceadvisers

but the officer wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from doing this, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, Verse ConceptsRankSwimmingPeople JumpingRestraints From Killing

When we reached Rome, Paul was given permission to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

the colonel ordered Paul brought into the barracks, and gave directions that he should be examined under the lash, so that he might find out why they made such an outcry against him. But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." read more.
Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. "I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul. Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound.

But Paul said to them, "They had us beaten in public without giving us a trial, and put us in jail, although we are Roman citizens! And now are they going to dismiss us secretly? By no means! Have them come here themselves and take us out!" Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail






So as these facts are undeniable, you must be calm, and not do anything reckless. For you have brought these men here, though they have not been guilty of disloyalty nor uttered any blasphemy against our goddess. If Demetrius and his fellow-craftsmen have a charge to bring against anyone, there are the courts and the governors; let them take legal action. read more.
But if you require anything beyond that, it must be settled before the regular assembly.

But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. read more.
"I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul. Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound.

I had undergone the rites of purification and was occupied with these matters when they found me in the Temple, with no crowd or disturbance at all. But there were some Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you and to present their charges if they have any to make against me.

"So have your principal men go down with me," he said, "and present charges against the man, if there is anything wrong with him." Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing PeopleWhat Sin?

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But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see. Verse ConceptsRoman CitizensStandingCourt SessionsIsrael HardenedJudgement Seat

I told them that it was not the Roman custom to give anybody up until the accused met his accusers face to face and had a chance to defend himself against their accusations. Verse ConceptsCustomContact With PeopleMan Defending

They were trying to kill him when the news reached the colonel of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in a tumult. He immediately got some officers and men and hurried down among them, and when they saw the colonel and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul. Then the colonel came up and seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and then inquired who he was and what he had been doing. read more.
Some of the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and as he could not find out the facts on account of the confusion, he ordered him to be taken into the barracks. When Paul got to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers, on account of the violence of the mob, for the mass of people followed them shouting, "Kill him!" Just as they were going to take him into the barracks, Paul said to the colonel, "May I say something to you?" "Do you know Greek?" the colonel asked. "Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago raised the four thousand cut-throats and led them out into the desert?" "I am a Jew," Paul answered, "from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you to let me speak to the people." He gave him permission, and Paul standing on the steps made a gesture to the people, and when they had become quiet he spoke to them in Hebrew.

As they were shouting and throwing their clothes about and flinging dust into the air, the colonel ordered Paul brought into the barracks, and gave directions that he should be examined under the lash, so that he might find out why they made such an outcry against him. But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" read more.
Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. "I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul. Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound. The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. read more.
"I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul. Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound.

But Paul said to them, "They had us beaten in public without giving us a trial, and put us in jail, although we are Roman citizens! And now are they going to dismiss us secretly? By no means! Have them come here themselves and take us out!" Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. read more.
"I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul.

the colonel ordered Paul brought into the barracks, and gave directions that he should be examined under the lash, so that he might find out why they made such an outcry against him. But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." read more.
Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. "I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul. Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound. The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

But Paul said to them, "They had us beaten in public without giving us a trial, and put us in jail, although we are Roman citizens! And now are they going to dismiss us secretly? By no means! Have them come here themselves and take us out!" Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. read more.
"I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul. Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound.

Then he called in two of his officers and said to them, "Get two hundred men ready to march to Caesarea, with seventy mounted men and two hundred spear-men, by nine o'clock tonight." Verse ConceptsTravelThe Number Two HundredRiding HorsesSeventiesTwo Other Men

When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an officer of the Imperial regiment, named Julius. Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

When we reached Rome, Paul was given permission to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

Then the soldiers took Paul, as they had been ordered to do, and escorted him as far as Antipatris that night. The next day, they returned to the barracks, leaving the mounted men to go on with him, and they on reaching Caesarea delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

They were trying to kill him when the news reached the colonel of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in a tumult. He immediately got some officers and men and hurried down among them, and when they saw the colonel and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul. Then the colonel came up and seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and then inquired who he was and what he had been doing.

When Paul got to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers, on account of the violence of the mob, Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalStairwaysStepsPeople Carrying Live People

the colonel ordered Paul brought into the barracks, and gave directions that he should be examined under the lash, so that he might find out why they made such an outcry against him. But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." read more.
Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. "I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul.

but Paul said to the officers and the soldiers, "You cannot be saved unless these men stay on board." Verse ConceptsStaying PutThose Not SavedBeing Savedsailingjumping

The soldiers proposed to kill the prisoners, for fear some of them might swim ashore and escape, but the officer wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from doing this, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

"Does our Law condemn the accused without first hearing what he has to say, and finding out what he has done?" Verse ConceptsJudging RightlyExcellent LawNo Condemnationcondemnation

But Paul said to them, "They had us beaten in public without giving us a trial, and put us in jail, although we are Roman citizens! And now are they going to dismiss us secretly? By no means! Have them come here themselves and take us out!" The policemen delivered this message to the magistrates, and they were alarmed when they heard that they were Roman citizens, and came and conciliated them, and took them out of the jail, and begged them to leave the town.

But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?" Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. read more.
"I had to pay a large sum for my citizenship," said the colonel. "But I am a citizen by birth," said Paul. Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound. The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.