Discovery BoxActs 22:28 
Context22:28 The commanding officer 1 answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” 2 “But I was even 3 born a citizen,” 4 Paul replied. 5
Acts 7:16
Context7:16 and their bones 6 were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money 7 from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
1 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.
2 sn Sometimes Roman citizenship was purchased through a bribe (Dio Cassius, Roman History 60.17.4-9). That may well have been the case here.
3 tn BDAG 495-96 s.v. καί 2.b has “intensive: even…Ac 5:39; 22:28.”
4 tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.
sn Paul’s reference to being born a citizen suggests he inherited his Roman citizenship from his family.
5 tn Grk “Paul said.” This phrase has been placed at the end of the sentence in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn “and they.”
7 sn See Gen 49:29-32.
