Acts 22:28 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:28

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

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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.

KJV

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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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

With a great sum obtained I this freedom - So it appears that the freedom, even of Rome, might be purchased, and that it was sold at a very high price. But I was free born - It has been generally believed that the inhabitants of Tarsus, born in that city, had the same rights and privileges as Roman citizens, in consequence of a charter or grant from Julius Caesar.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπεκρίθη	apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
χιλίαρχος·	chiliarchos	commander;	G5506 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
πολλοῦ	pollou	with a great	G4183 →
κεφαλαίου	kephalaiou	sum	G2774 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
πολιτείαν	politeian	citizenship	G4174 →
ταύτην	tautēn	this	G3778 →
ἐκτησάμην.	ektēsamēn	bought.	G2932 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
Παῦλος	Paulos	Paul	G3972 →
ἔφη·	ephē	was saying;	G5346 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
γεγέννημαι.	gegennēmai	has been born [so].	G1080 →

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