KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At once 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.
WEB World English Bible
Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
ASV American Standard Version
They then that were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who are about to examine him, and the chief captain also was afraid, having learned that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him,
Surrounding context — Acts 22
26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
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.
30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
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εὐθέωςG2112 · eutheōsimmediatelyοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἀπέστησανG868 · aphistēmito leaveἀπ᾽G575 · apoaway fromαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoμέλλοντεςG3195 · mellōto ensueαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἀνετάζειν.G426 · anetazōto questionκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoχιλίαρχοςG5506 · chiliarchosmilitary officerδὲG1161 · dethenἐφοβήθηG5399 · phobeōto fearἐπιγνοὺςG1921 · epiginōskōto come to knowὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatῬωμαῖόςG4514 · RhōmaiosRomanἐστινG1510 · eimito beκαὶG2532 · kaiandὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἦνG1510 · eimito beδεδεκώς.¶G1210 · deōto bind
Cross-references
Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.Acts 22:24-26The 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.Acts 16:38-39And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
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