Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Acts Chapter 1 to 28)

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Acts 22:24 (WEB)
the commanding officer commanded that he be brought into the barracks, ordering that he might be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
 
Acts 22:25 (WEB)
When they have tied him up with straps, Paul asked the Centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful of you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty? "
 
Acts 22:26 (WEB)
When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, because this man is a Roman!"
 
Acts 22:28 (WEB)
The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price."

Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
 
Acts 22:29 (WEB)
Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
 
Acts 22:30 (WEB)
But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
 
Acts 23:1 (WEB)
Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, he said, " Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today."
 
Acts 23:3 (WEB) - 3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
 
Acts 23:5 (WEB) - 5 Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
 
Acts 23:6 (WEB)

6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
 
Acts 23:8 (WEB) - 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
 
Acts 23:9 (WEB) - 9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”
 
Acts 23:10 (WEB) - 10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.
 
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