* 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.
21:31,32 23:10,27
* that he should.
25-29 16:22,23,37 Joh 19:1 Heb 11:35
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