Acts 22:28

Weymouth NT

»I paid a large sum for my citizenship,« said the Tribune. »But I was born free,« said Paul.

Cross References

Acts 22:27

So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, »Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?«»Yes,« he said.

Acts 22:29

So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.

Ephesians 2:12

At that time you were living apart from Christ, estranged from the Commonwealth of Israel, with no share by birth in the Covenants which are based on the Promises, and you had no hope and no God, in all the world.

Ephesians 2:19

You are therefore no longer mere foreigners or persons excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's people and are members of His family.