Acts 22:25-29 ▼

25 As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “ Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and is uncondemned? ”

26 When the centurion heard this, he went and reported to the commander, saying, “ What are you going to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

27 The commander came and said to him, “ Tell me  — are you a Roman citizen? ”“ Yes,” he said.

28 The commander replied, “ I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”“ But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

29 Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.