Acts 22:27
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And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me. Art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.

Context
Paul the Roman Citizen
26Which the centurion hearing, went to the tribune and told him, saying: What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen. 27And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me. Art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea. 28And the tribune answered: I obtained the being free of this city with a great sum. And Paul said: But I was born so.…
Cross References
John 18:12
Then the band and the tribune and the servants of the Jews took Jesus and bound him.

Acts 22:26
Which the centurion hearing, went to the tribune and told him, saying: What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.

Acts 22:28
And the tribune answered: I obtained the being free of this city with a great sum. And Paul said: But I was born so.

Lexicon
The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

commander
χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5506: A commander of a thousand men, a military tribune. From chilioi and archo; the commander of a thousand soldiers

went
Προσελθὼν (Proselthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to.

to [Paul]
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and asked,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Tell
Λέγε (Lege)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

me,
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

are
εἶ (ei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

you
σὺ (sy)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

a Roman citizen?”
Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4514: Roman; subst: a Roman citizen. From Rhome; Romaean, i.e. Roman.

“Yes,”
Ναί (Nai)
Particle
Strong's Greek 3483: Yes, certainly, even so. A primary particle of strong affirmation; yes.

he answered.
ἔφη (ephē)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5346: To say, declare. Properly, the same as the base of phos and phaino; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. Speak or say.


Additional Translations
The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.

And having come near, the commander said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he was saying, "Yes."

Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes.

And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.

And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.

And the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.

Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.

So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.

The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."

and the chief captain having come near, said to him, 'Tell me, art thou a Roman?' and he said, 'Yes;'
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