Citizen-ship
Citizen-ship
Citizen-ship. The use of this term, in Scripture, has exclusive reference to the usages of the Roman empire. The privilege of Roman citizenship was originally acquired in various ways, as by purchase, Act 22:28, by military services, by favor or by manumission. The right once obtained descended to a man’s children. Act 22:28.
Among the privileges attached to citizenship, we may note that a man could not be bound or imprisoned, without a formal trial, Act 22:29, still less be scourged. Act 16:37. Cicero, in Verr. v. 63, 66. Another privilege attaching to citizenship was the appeal from a provincial tribunal to the emperor at Rome. Act 25:11.