Discovery BoxActs 22:24 
Context22:24 the commanding officer 1 ordered Paul 2 to be brought back into the barracks. 3 He told them 4 to interrogate Paul 5 by beating him with a lash 6 so that he could find out the reason the crowd 7 was shouting at Paul 8 in this way.
Acts 22:30
Context22:30 The next day, because the commanding officer 9 wanted to know the true reason 10 Paul 11 was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council 12 to assemble. He then brought 13 Paul down and had him stand before them.
Acts 23:15
Context23:15 So now you and the council 14 request the commanding officer 15 to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine 16 his case 17 by conducting a more thorough inquiry. 18 We are ready to kill him 19 before he comes near this place.” 20
1 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.
2 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”
4 tn Grk “into the barracks, saying.” This is a continuation of the same sentence in Greek using the participle εἴπας (eipas), but due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence a new sentence was begun in the translation here. The direct object “them” has been supplied; it is understood in Greek.
5 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 sn To interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash. Under the Roman legal system it was customary to use physical torture to extract confessions or other information from prisoners who were not Roman citizens and who were charged with various crimes, especially treason or sedition. The lashing would be done with a whip of leather thongs with pieces of metal or bone attached to the ends.
7 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Grk “the certainty, why.” BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2 has “τὸ ἀ. the certainty = the truth (in ref. to ferreting out the facts…ἵνα τὸ ἀ. ἐπιγνῶ) γνῶναι 21:34; 22:30.”
11 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Grk “the whole Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
13 tn Grk “and bringing.” The participle καταγαγών (katagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to clarify the logical sequence.
14 tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
15 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.
16 tn Or “decide.” BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω has “ἀκριβέστερον τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ to make a more thorough examination of his case Ac 23:15.”
17 tn Grk “determine the things about him.”
18 tn The expression “more thorough inquiry” reflects the comparative form of ἀκριβέστερον (akribesteron).
19 sn “We are ready to kill him.” Now those Jews involved in the conspiracy, along with the leaders as accomplices, are going to break one of the ten commandments.
20 tn The words “this place” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
