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Hechos 22:28

Listen to Hechos 22:28
28 Y el comandante respondió: Yo adquirí esta ciudadanía por una gran cantidad de dinero. Y Pablo dijo: Pero yo soy ciudadano de nacimiento.

Hechos 22:28 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 22:28

And the chief captain answered, with a great sum obtained I
this freedom
For, it seems, he was not a Roman born, but very likely a Grecian, or Syrian, by his name Lysias; and as all things were now venal at Rome, the freedom of the city was to be bought with money, though a large sum was insisted on for it: this the chief captain said, as wondering that so mean a person, and who he understood was a Jew by birth, should be able to procure such a privilege, which cost him so much money:

and Paul said, but I was free born;
being born at Tarsus; which, as Pliny says F12, was a free city, and which had its freedom given it by Mark Antony, and which was before the birth of Paul; and therefore his parents being of this city, and free, he was born so.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 27.
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Hechos 22:28 In-Context

26 Al oír esto el centurión, fue al comandante y le avisó, diciendo: ¿Qué vas a hacer? Porque este hombre es romano.
27 Vino el comandante a Pablo y le dijo: Dime, ¿eres romano? Y él dijo: Sí.
28 Y el comandante respondió: Yo adquirí esta ciudadanía por una gran cantidad de dinero. Y Pablo dijo: Pero yo soy ciudadano de nacimiento.
29 Entonces los que iban a someterlo a azotes, al instante lo soltaron; y también el comandante tuvo temor cuando supo que Pablo era romano, y porque lo había atado con cadenas.
30 Al día siguiente, queriendo saber con certeza la causa por la cual los judíos lo acusaban, lo soltó, y ordenó a los principales sacerdotes y a todo el concilio que se reunieran; y llevando a Pablo, lo puso ante ellos.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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