Acts 22:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁹ Then those who were ready to interrogate Paul [with whips] immediately left him, and the commander also became fearful when he realized that he had chained a Roman citizen [illegally].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Instantly those who were about to examine and flog him withdrew from him; and the commandant also was frightened, for he realized that [Paul] was a Roman citizen and he had put him in chains.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁹ At once those who were about to examine him stepped away. The commander was alarmed when he realized he had bound a Roman citizen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Therefore, those who were going to torture him, immediately withdrew from him. The tribune was similarly afraid, after he realized that he was a Roman citizen, for he had bound him.

Acts 22:29 Cross References

Acts 21:33

Then the commanding officer approached Paul, took hold of him and ordered him to be secured with two chains. He then questioned him as to who he was and what he had done.

Acts 22:28

The commander answered, “It cost me a large sum of money to obtain this [right of] citizenship.” Paul replied, “But I am a Roman citizen by birth.”

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead [loved ones] back to life. Others were tortured but refused to be rescued, so they could obtain a better resurrection.