Acts 22:27

27 Then the chief captain came and said unto him, "Tell me, art thou a Roman?" And he said, "Yea."

Acts 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 22:27

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him
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.

Acts 22:27 In-Context

25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"

26 When the centurion heard this, he went and told the chief captain, saying, "Take heed what thou doest, for this man is a Roman."

27 Then the chief captain came and said unto him, "Tell me, art thou a Roman?" And he said, "Yea."

28 And the chief captain answered, "With a great sum I obtained this freedom." And Paul said, "But I was free born."

29 Then straightway those who should have examined him departed from him, and the chief captain also was afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.