Romaios

Romaios

In Acts 22:25 through 30 we see the word Roman is used in reference to Paul. Was Paul a Roman citizen or does it mean something different.

25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? 26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman). 27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. 28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born. 29 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. 30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

And in: Acts 23:27 "This man was taken of the Jews and should have been killed of them then came I with an army and rescued him having understood that he was a Roman"

And in:

Acts 25:16 "To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him."

Acts 16:21 "And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans."

Acts 25:16 "To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him."

Rome

Acts 2 :10 "Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,"

Acts 18:2 "And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them."

Rhome

Acts 19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Acts 28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

Galatians 6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit. Amen. «[To the] Galatians written from Rome.»

Ephesians 6:24 Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. «[To the] Ephesians written from Rome, by Tychicus.»

Philippians 4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen. «[To the] Philippians written from Rome, by Epaphroditus.»

Colossians 4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with you. Amen. «[Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.]»

2 Timothy 1:17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found [me].

2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ [be] with thy spirit. Grace [be] with you. Amen. «[The second epistle] unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.»

Philemon 1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit. Amen. «[Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.]»

Rhonnumi Be strong

Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Acts 23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.

Romaios the Poem

By W. G. Ballantine
Hamilton Fish Armstrong, ed. The Book of New York Verse. 1917.

’TWAS in the crowded avenue; o’erhead

Thundered the trains; below the pavement shook

With quivering cables; everywhere the crush

Of horses, wheels, and men eddied and swirled.

A river of humanity swept by

With faces hard as ice. I stopped beside

A little push-cart filled with southern fruits

And dickered with the huckster, “Three for five?”

“No, two,” in broken English. There we stood—

He shabby, stooping, wolfish, all intent

Upon a penny, I to him no more

Than just another stranger from the throng

Trampling each other in this fierce new world.

Then looking in his sordid eyes I said,

Using the tongue of Plato and of Paul,

“Art thou a Roman?” Never magic word

Of wizard or enchanter wrought more sure.

The man erect, transfigured, eyes on fire,

Lips parted, breath drawn fast, thrust in my hands

His double handful. Huckster? No, a king!

“Could I speak Roman? Did I share it all—

The memories, the pride, the grief, the hope?”

Then welcome to the best of all he had.

Wouldst know, self-glorified American,

The name that sums the grandest heritage

Race ever owned? ’Tis “Roman” spoke in Greek;

ROMAIOS they call it. Constantine the Great,

Fixed with new capital where East meets West,

Brought Rome’s imperial law, the Cross of Christ,

The art and tongue of Greece—the whole world’s best;

And in that fairest spot new Christian Rome

Reigned queen a thousand years, until the Turk

Fell like a blight, and darkness shrouded all.

But still that name lives in the exiles’ dreams,

All glories, Christian, Hebrew, Roman, Greek,

Blend in that one unequalled Romaios.

Abraham, Moses, Homer, Phidias,

Cæsar, Paul, Chrysostom, Justinian,

Bozzaris, Ypsilanti, Byron, all

Are his. O blessed America, these men

That come in rags, bring jewels in their hearts

To shine resplendent in thy future’s crown!