^22:24the commanding officer⁸² ordered Paul⁸³ to be brought back into the barracks.⁸⁴ He told them⁸⁵ to interrogate Paul⁸⁶ by beating him with a lash⁸⁷ so that he could find out the reason the crowd⁸⁸ was shouting at Paul⁸⁹ in this way.

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Footnotes

82 Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos) 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.
83 Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
84 Or “the headquarters.” παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”
85 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.
86 Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
87 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.
88 Grk “they”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
89 Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, directing that he be interrogated with the scourge to discover the reason they were shouting against him like this.

NLTNew Living Translation

The commander brought Paul inside and ordered him lashed with whips to make him confess his crime. He wanted to find out why the crowd had become so furious.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

the military tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying he was to be examined with a lash so that he could find out for what reason they were crying out against him in this way.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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