Acts 22:26 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:26

On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

BSB

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ASV

And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

When the centurion heard that,.... The question put by Paul, which strongly suggested that he was a Roman: he went and told the chief captain; what Paul had said: saying, take heed what thou dost; or "art about to do"; lest some bad consequences should follow; lest he should affront the Roman people and senate, and lose his place, if not incur some corporeal punishment: for this man is a Roman; and it can never be answered to bind and beat a Roman.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman - Yea, there was a stronger reason to consider. For this man was a servant of God.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀκούσας	akousas	Having heard	G191 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἑκατοντάρχης	hekatontarchēs	centurion	G1543 →
προσελθὼν	proselthōn	having gone	G4334 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
χιλιάρχῳ	chiliarchō	commander	G5506 →
ἀπήγγειλεν	apēngeilen	he reported [it]	G518 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
μέλλεις	melleis	are you going	G3195 →
ποιεῖν;	poiein	to do?	G4160 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
οὗτος	houtos	this	G3778 →
Ῥωμαῖός	Rhōmaios	a Roman	G4514 →
ἐστιν.	estin	is.	G1510 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 22:29
Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
leads to
- Acts 21:33
  The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
- Acts 22:24–26
  the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
- Acts 16:38–39
  So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
- Hebrews 11:35
  Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Through
Acts 23:27
This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
leads to
- Acts 22:25–29
  But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
- Acts 21:31–33
  While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
- Acts 23:10
  The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
- Acts 24:6
  and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts