ACTS 22 22-30

          WeekLy BooK oF Acts 

22 - Up until now - until he quoted “I will send you (Messiah) to the nations” - they were listening to him (Paul). Then they started yelling, “Away with such a fellow! He should not be allowed to live!” 23 And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, 24 the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were in an uproar against him. 25 But when they had stretched him out for the whip, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and has not been through the courts?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “Are you sure we should do this? For this man is a Roman citizen.” 27 So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And Paul said, “Yes.” 28 The tribune (official) answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum of money.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.” 29 So those who were about to examine him by flogging withdrew immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound.

     30 On the next day, wanting to know the real reason why Paul was being so accused by the Hebrews/Jews (they having been stirred up by their leaders into a mob) he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down to present him before them.

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Weekly ‘Enter the Story’ Reading & Study