"When the centurion heard {that}, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is …" — Acts 22:26

Acts 22:26 · KJV

“When the centurion heard {that}, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.”

— Acts 22:26

Verse 25

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

Verse 27

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

Acts 22 — Context

The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

When the centurion heard {that}, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was {free} born.

Cross References

Acts 23:27

This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

Acts 22:29

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: or, tortured him}