Treasury of Scripture
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.
Acts 21:31,32 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar...
Acts 23:10,27 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them...
that he should.
Acts 22:25-29 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to whip a man that is a Roman...
Acts 16:22,23,37 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them...
John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance...