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Acts 22:29

Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

KJV

εὐθέως οὖν ἀπέστησαν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ οἱ μέλλοντες αὐτὸν ἀνετάζειν· καὶ ὁ χιλίαρχος δὲ ἐφοβήθη ἐπιγνοὺς ὅτι Ῥωμαῖός ἐστιν καὶ ὅτι αὐτὸν ἦν δεδεκώς.

Greek NT

Protinus ergo discesserunt ab illo qui eum torturi erant. Tribunus quoque timuit postquam rescivit, quia civis Romanus esset, et quia alligasset eum.

Vulgate

They then that were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

ASV

Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him. The tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a Roman citizen and because he had bound him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέω
deo
verb · 43×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos
noun · 21×
ἀνετάζω
anetazo
verb · 2×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἀφίστημι
aphistemi
verb · 14×
ἐπιγινώσκω
epiginosko
verb · 44×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Ῥωμαῖος
romaios
adjective · 12×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν ἦν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὸν ἦν | RP: ἦν αὐτὸν
  • αὐτὸν ἦνSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸν ἦνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἦν αὐτὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 16:38 — And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
  • Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Acts 22:24 — The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
  • Heb 11:35 — Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: