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Matthew Henry on Paul Pleading His Privilege of Roman Citizenship

  Matthew Henry on the Apostle Paul pleading his Roman Citizenship Privilege in Acts 22: "Paul pleaded his privilege as a Roman citizen, by which he was exempted from all trials and punishments of this nature (v. 25): As they bound him with thongs, or leathern bands, to the whipping post, as they used to bind the vilest of malefactors in bridewell from whom they would extort a confession, he made no outcry against the injustice of their proceedings against an innocent man, but very mildly let them understand the illegality of their proceedings against him as a citizen of Rome, which he had done once before at Philippi after he had been scourged (ch. 16:37), but here he makes use of it for prevention. He said to the centurion that stood by, "You know the law; pray is it lawful for you who are yourselves Romans to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?" The manner of his speaking plainly intimates what a holy security and serenity of mind this good man enjoyed, no...

Calvin on Romans 11 and Jewish Exclusion and Gentile Inclusion

 This is only part of Calvin's commentary. To see more, go here: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/calvin/romans/11.htm  Romans 11:16-21 16. For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 16. Quod si primitiae sanctae, etiam conspersio; et si radix sancta etiam rami: 17. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 17. Si vero ex ramis quidam defracti sunt, tu vero oleaster quum esses, insitus es pro ipsis, et particeps factus es radicis et pinguedinis oleae; 18. Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 18. Ne contra ramos glorieris: quod si gloriaris, non tu radicem portas; sed radix to. 19. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 19. Dices ergo, Defracti sunt rami, ut ego insererer. 20. Well; because...