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When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"
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A Citizen's Powerful Appeal
Commentators stress that Paul's appeal was based on two powerful legal principles: it was illegal to scourge a Roman citizen, and it was illegal to punish anyone without a trial. His calm question instantly invoked the full weight of Roman law, which, as scholars note, considered harming a citizen a heinous crime, immediately halting the proceedings.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Bound him with thongs. With cords, preparatory to scourging.
Is it lawful, etc. It was directly contrary to the Roman law, …
When they had tied him up (ος προετειναν αυτον). First aorist active indicative of προτεινω, old verb to stretch forward, only her…
19th Century
Anglican
And as they bound him with thongs.—The words have sometimes been translated as, “they stretched him forward for the straps”—that i…
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Roman citizens were exempt from examination under torture. In such trials there first had to be a formulation of charges and penalties, then a form…
16th Century
Protestant
Is it lawful? He alleges first the privilege of the city, then he defends himself by common law. And although there was more weight in the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And as they bound him with thongs To a pillar, in order to be scourged, according to the Roman manner F4 …
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