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Acts 22:27

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 22:27 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.
Acts 22:27 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 22

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
24the chief captain commanded him be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him.
25And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.
27And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.
28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I am [a Roman] born.
29They 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.
30But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, etc.] To Paul: tell me, art thou a Roman? he had told him before that he was a Jew of Tarsus, and which was true, and had said nothing of his being a Roman; wherefore the chief captain desires that he would tell him the whole truth of the matter, whether he was a Roman or not: he said yea; that he was one.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“art thou a Roman?--showing that this being of Tarsus, which he had told him before (Act 21:39) did not necessarily imply that he was a Roman citizen.”
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