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NASB | Acts 22:28 The commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I was actually born a citizen." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 22:28 The commander replied, "I purchased this citizenship [of mine] for a large sum of money [so how did you acquire yours?]." Paul said, "But I was actually born a citizen." |
Subject: describe how Paul got Roman Citizenship |
Bible Note: "Of this position St. Paul was justly proud. He was not a Roman citizen merely because he had the freedom of Tarsus, for Tarsus was not a Roman Colony; probably his father or grandfather had rendered some service to the State, and had been thus rewarded. In any case St. Paul was freeborn (Acts 22:28). He had not, like so many under Claudius, bought the citizenship through the infamous favorites of the Court. He appealed to his privilege to prevent illegal treatment at Philippi and Jerusalem (Acts 16:37, 22:25). And more than once in the Epistles he alludes to citizenship, transferring the term from the earthly to the heavenly sphere- an allusion which would come home especially to the Philippians, who were so proud of their city being a Colony, and of their therefore being Roman citizens (Acts 16:12,21); see Phil. 1:27, 3:20; Eph. 2:19; and Acts 23:1 where the phrase "I have lived" is literally "I have exercised my citizenship." It was no doubt this citizenship which gave Paul such an advantage as the Apostle of the Gentiles, and which inspired him with his great plan of utilizing the civilization of the Roman State to spread the gospel along its lines of communication. It is noteworthy that he seems to have laid much stress on evangelizing Roman Colonies like Corinth, Pisidian Antioch, Lystra, and Philippi." Source: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1909,1994 Hendrickson) |
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