Acts 22:24

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The chief.

As the chief captain did not understand Hebrew, he was ignorant of the charge against Paul, and also of the defence which the apostle had made; but as he saw that they grew more and more outrageous, he supposed that Paul must have given them the highest provocation, and therefore, according to the barbarous and irrational practice which has existed in all countries, he determined to put him to the torture, in order to make him confess his crime.

Acts 21:31; Acts 21:32; Acts 23:10; Acts 23:27

that he should.

Acts 22:25-29; Acts 16:22; Acts 16:23; Acts 16:37; John 19:1; Heb 11:35