Acts 22:27

Context
22:27 So the commanding officer¹ came and asked² Paul,³ “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”⁴ He replied,⁵ “Yes.”

Acts 22:26

Context
22:26 When the centurion⁶ heard this,⁷ he went to the commanding officer⁸ and reported it,⁹ saying, “What are you about to do?¹⁰ For this man is a Roman citizen.”¹¹

Acts 23:27

Context
23:27 This man was seized¹² by the Jews and they were about to kill him,¹³ when I came up¹⁴ with the detachment¹⁵ and rescued him, because I had learned that he was¹⁶ a Roman citizen.¹⁷

Acts 22:29

Context
22:29 Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away¹⁸ from him, and the commanding officer¹⁹ was frightened when he realized that Paul²⁰ was²¹ a Roman citizen²² and that he had had him tied up.²³

[22:27] ¹tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

[22:27] ²tn Grk “and said to.”

[22:27] ³tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:27] ⁴tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[22:27] ⁵tn Grk “He said.”

[22:26] ⁶sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[22:26] ⁷tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[22:26] ⁸tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

[22:26] ⁹tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[22:26] ¹⁰tn Or perhaps, “What do you intend to do?” Although BDAG 627 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.α lists this phrase under the category “be about to, be on the point of,” it is possible it belongs under 1.c.γ, “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…τί μέλλεις ποιεῖν; what do you intend to do?”

[22:26] ¹¹tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[23:27] ¹¹tn The participle συλλημφθέντα (sullhmfqenta) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. The remark reviews events of Acts 21:27-40.

[23:27] ¹²tn Grk “and was about to be killed by them.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:27] ¹³tn Or “approached.”

[23:27] ¹⁴tn Normally this term means “army,” but according to BDAG 947 s.v. στράτευμα, “Of a smaller detachment of soldiers, sing. Ac 23:10, 27.” In the plural it can be translated “troops,” but it is singular here.

[23:27] ¹⁵tn In Greek this is a present tense retained in indirect discourse.

[23:27] ¹⁶tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[22:29] ¹⁶tn BDAG 158 s.v. ἀφίστημι 2.b has “keep away…ἀπό τινος… Lk 4:13; Ac 5:38; 2 Cor 12:8…cp. Ac 22:29.” In context, the point would seem to be not that the interrogators departed or withdrew, but that they held back from continuing the flogging.

[22:29] ¹⁷tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

[22:29] ¹⁸tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:29] ¹⁹tn This is a present tense (ἐστιν, estin) retained in indirect discourse. It must be translated as a past tense in contemporary English.

[22:29] ²⁰tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[22:29] ²¹sn Had him tied up. Perhaps a reference to the chains in Acts 21:33, or the preparations for the lashing in Acts 22:25. A trial would now be needed to resolve the matter. The Roman authorities’ hesitation to render a judgment in the case occurs repeatedly: Acts 22:30; 23:28-29; 24:22; 25:20, 26-27. The legal process begun here would take the rest of Acts and will be unresolved at the end. The process itself took four years of Paul’s life.