KJV ORIGINAL
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The soldiers who were about to interrogate Paul immediately backed off. Even the commanding officer got nervous when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen — and that he had already put him in chains.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes the right status at the right moment changes everything.
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