Acts 22:26
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
Acts 22:26 in other translations
| BSB | On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.” |
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| WEB | When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!” |
| ASV | And 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. |
| YLT | and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, ‘Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;' |
| DARBY | And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman. |
| BBE | And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman. |
| Webster | When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest; for this man is a Roman. |
What does Acts 22:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 22:24-26
24-26. examined by scourging--according to the Roman practice. that he might know wherefore they cried so--Paul's speech being to him in an unknown tongue, he concluded from the horror which it kindled in the vast audience that he must have been guilty of some crime.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 22:22-30
The Jews listened to Paul's account of his conversion, but the mention of his being sent to the Gentiles, was so contrary to all their national prejudices, that they would hear no more. Their frantic conduct astonished the Roman officer, who supposed that Paul must have committed some great crime. Paul pleaded his privilege as a Roman citizen, by which he was exempted from all trials and punishments which might…
Acts 22:26 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 22:26
- Acts 23:27
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
- Acts 22:29
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.
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Context
- Acts 22:25
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
- Acts 22:26
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
- Acts 22:27
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
Acts 22:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como el centurión oyó esto, fué y dió aviso al tribuno, diciendo: ¿Qué vas á hacer? porque este hombre es Romano. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand le centurion entendit cela, il s’en alla faire son rapport au chiliarque, disant: Que vas-tu faire? car cet homme est Romain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als es aber der Hauptmann hörte, ging er hin und meldete dem Obersten und sprach: was hast du vor zu tun? Denn dieser Mensch ist ein Römer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quo audito, centurio accessit ad tribunum, et nuntiavit ei, dicens: Quid acturus es? hic enim homo civis Romanus est. |