Acts 22:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ The tribune came and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ So the commandant came and said to [Paul], Tell me, are you a Roman citizen? And he said, Yes [indeed]!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.

Common English Bible

²⁷ The commander went to Paul and demanded, “Tell me! Are you a Roman citizen?” He said, “Yes.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And the tribune, approaching, said to him: "Tell me. Are you a Roman?" So he said, "Yes."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me, art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.

Acts 22:27 Cross References

John 18:12

So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him.

Acts 22:25

But when they had tied him up with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman person who is uncondemned?”

Acts 22:26

When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? This man is a Roman.”

Acts 22:28

The tribune answered, “It cost me a large sum of money to get my citizenship.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”