Acts 22:28 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 22:28

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

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ASV

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I am a Roman born.

WEB

“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

YLT

and the chief captain answered, `I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;' but Paul said, `But I have been even born so .'

DBT

And the chiliarch answered, I, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was also [free] born.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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art thou a Roman?--showing that this being of Tarsus, which he had told him before (Ac 21:39) did not necessarily imply that he was a Roman citizen.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

With a great sum obtained I this freedom--Roman citizenship was bought and sold in the reign of Claudius, we know, at a high price: at a subsequent date, for next to nothing. But to put in a false claim to this privilege was a capital crime. I was free born--born to it, by purchase, or in reward of services, on the part of his father or some ancestor.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

But I was free born - Not barely as being born at Tarsus; for this was not Roman colony. But probably either his father, or some of his ancestors, had been made free of Rome, for some military service. We learn hence, that we are under no obligation as Christians to give up our civil privileges (which we are to receive and prize as the gift of God) to every insolent invader.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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