Acts 22:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ They then which 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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him. The tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a Roman citizen, and because he had bound him.

Acts 22:29 Cross References

Acts 21:33

Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 22:28

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I am a Roman born.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: