Acts 22:25
25Asὡςhoweverδὲhe stretched forwardπροέτεινανhimαὐτὸνwith theτοῖςstrapsἱμᾶσινsaidεἶπενtoπρὸςtheτὸνstanding byἑστῶταcenturionἑκατόνταρχονὁPaulΠαῦλος·IfΕἰa manἄνθρωπονa RomanῬωμαῖονandκαὶuncondemnedἀκατάκριτονit is lawfulἔξεστινto youὑμῖνto flogμαστίζειν;
But as they stretched him forward with the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it lawful to you⁺ to flog a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned?”
Vocab difficulty
70.4
Rare words
προέτειναν
προτείνω
I stretch out, tie up (for scourging), extend before.
ἱμᾶσιν
ἱμάς
a thong, strap, (a) for binding a man who is to be flogged, (b) for fastening a sandal or shoe.
ἀκατάκριτον
ἀκατάκριτος
uncondemned, not yet tried.
μαστίζειν
μαστίζω
I flog, scourge, whip.