Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 22:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
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Quick Meaning
Contrasts purchased and birth citizenship.
Read It With
- Acts 22:22–22:29
Read Acts 22:28 with 22:22–22:29. In isolation, this contribution—contrasts purchased and birth citizenship—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: The crowd listens until the Gentile commission, then demands Paul's death; the commander orders examination by scourging, but Paul's question about Roman citizenship stops the procedure and alarms the officers.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Contrasts purchased and birth citizenship. This precise contribution belongs inside “Gentile mission triggers violence, and citizenship halts torture” because The crowd listens until the Gentile commission, then demands Paul's death; the commander orders examination by scourging, but Paul's question about Roman citizenship stops the procedure and alarms the officers.
What Remains True
Acts 22:28's particular contribution—contrasts purchased and birth citizenship—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 22:22–22:29.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 22:28's particular contribution—contrasts purchased and birth citizenship—through this passage-controlled response: Name crowd violence and Roman torture specifically, use lawful protections where available, and never generalize one scene into guilt for a people.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 22:22–22:29 — Gentile mission triggers violence, and citizenship halts tortureSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 22:22–22:29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 22:22-22:29
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 22:22-22:29
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 22:22–22:29
Open source ↗