The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
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Gill's Exposition
When the centurion heard that,.... The question put by Paul, which strongly suggested that he was a Roman:
he went and told the chief captain; what Paul had said: saying, take heed what thou dost;…
Barnes' Notes
The castle - The castle of Antonia. He would be there removed entirely from the wrath of the Jews. Should be examined - ἀνετάζεσθαι anetazesthai.” The word “examine” with us commonly means “to…
Adam Clarke
Examined by scourging - As the chief captain did not understand the Hebrew language, he was ignorant of the charge brought against Paul, and ignorant also of the defense which the apostle had made;…
Paul was going on with this account of himself, had shown them his commission to preach among the Gentiles without any peevish reflections upon the Jews, and we may suppose designed next to show how…
Cambridge Bible
the chief captain, &c. Probably the chief captain knew nothing of what St Paul had been saying, and would be surprised at the outbreak of rage on the part of the people, and conclude from it that…
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