acts 22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. - Free Bible Online

acts 22:28 And the commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I was actually born [a citizen]."


      28. With a great sum obtained I this freedom--Roman citizenship was bought and sold in the reign of Claudius, we know, at a high price: at a subsequent date, for next to nothing. But to put in a false claim to this privilege was a capital crime.
      I was free born--born to it, by purchase, or in reward of services, on the part of his father or some ancestor.

JFB.


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