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the tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what reason they so cried out against him. And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. read more.
Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

But Paul said unto them, They have publicly beaten us, uncondemned, and Romans, and cast us into prison, and do they now turn us out privately? No verily, let them come themselves and fetch us out. Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail






Since therefore these things are incontestible, ye ought to be quiet and composed, and to do nothing rashly. For ye have brought these men hither, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your goddess. If Demetrius therefore, and the artificers that are with him, have a charge against any one, the law-courts are open, and there are Roman proconsuls likewise: let them implead one another. read more.
But if ye are enquiring any thing about other matters, let it be decided in a lawful assembly:

And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. read more.
And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

Upon which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude nor with tumult: who ought to have been here before thee, and make good their charge, if they had any thing against me.

Therefore, said he, let those of you who are able, go down with me, and if there be any thing bad in this man, let them accuse him. Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing PeopleWhat Sin?

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Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as thou very well knowest. Verse ConceptsRoman CitizensStandingCourt SessionsIsrael HardenedJudgement Seat

To whom I answered, it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, till he that is accused have the accusers face to face, and have an opportunity of making his defence concerning the accusation. Verse ConceptsCustomContact With PeopleMan Defending

And as they were going to kill him, a report came to the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar: who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the chiliarch and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul. Then the commanding officer came near and took him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and inquired, who he was, and what he had done. read more.
But some in the croud bawled out one thing and some another: and as he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. And when he was upon the stairs, he was even borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people. For the multitude followed crying out, Away with him. And as Paul was going to be led into the castle, he said to the tribune, May I be allowed to speak a word to thee? And he said, Canst thou speak Greek? Art not thou that Egyptian, who before this madest a sedition, and didst lead out into the wilderness four thousand murtherers? But Paul said, I am indeed a Jew, a man of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beg thou wouldest permit me to speak to the people. And when he gave him leave, Paul standing on the stairs made a sign with the hand to the people: and there being a great silence made, He spake to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

And as they were bawling out, and throwing off their clothes, and casting up dust into the air, the tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what reason they so cried out against him. And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? read more.
And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. And on the morrow, desiring to know for certain what he was accused of by the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds, and ordered the chief priests and all their council to attend; and he brought down Paul, and set him before them:

And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. read more.
And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.



And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

But Paul said unto them, They have publicly beaten us, uncondemned, and Romans, and cast us into prison, and do they now turn us out privately? No verily, let them come themselves and fetch us out. Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. read more.
And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born.

the tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what reason they so cried out against him. And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. read more.
Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. And on the morrow, desiring to know for certain what he was accused of by the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds, and ordered the chief priests and all their council to attend; and he brought down Paul, and set him before them:

But Paul said unto them, They have publicly beaten us, uncondemned, and Romans, and cast us into prison, and do they now turn us out privately? No verily, let them come themselves and fetch us out. Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. read more.
And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

And he called two of the centurions to him, and said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, by the third hour of the night. Verse ConceptsTravelThe Number Two HundredRiding HorsesSeventiesTwo Other Men

Now as it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort. Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was permitted to live by himself with the soldier that had him in custody. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

The soldiers therefore, according to the orders given them, took up Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. And the next day they returned to the castle, leaving the horsemen to go with him; who, when they came into Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

And as they were going to kill him, a report came to the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar: who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the chiliarch and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul. Then the commanding officer came near and took him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and inquired, who he was, and what he had done.

And when he was upon the stairs, he was even borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people. Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalStairwaysStepsPeople Carrying Live People

the tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what reason they so cried out against him. And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. read more.
Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born.

Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Unless these men stay in the ship ye cannot be saved. Verse ConceptsStaying PutThose Not SavedBeing Savedsailingjumping

And the counsel of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, least any of them should swim out and escape. But the centurion, desirous to save Paul, hindered them from their purpose, and ordered those that could swim to throw themselves out first, and get off to land:

being one of them, saith to them, Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he hath done? Verse ConceptsJudging RightlyExcellent LawNo Condemnationcondemnation

But Paul said unto them, They have publicly beaten us, uncondemned, and Romans, and cast us into prison, and do they now turn us out privately? No verily, let them come themselves and fetch us out. And the serjeants reported these words to the governors: and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans. And they came and intreated them, and when they had brought them out, they desired them to leave the city.

And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. read more.
And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born. Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. And on the morrow, desiring to know for certain what he was accused of by the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds, and ordered the chief priests and all their council to attend; and he brought down Paul, and set him before them: