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25 When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, |Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?| 26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, |What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.| 27 The commanding officer came and asked him, |Tell me, are you a Roman?| He said, |Yes.| 28 The commanding officer answered, |I bought my citizenship for a great price.| Paul said, |But I was born a Roman.| 29 Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him. Acts 22:25-29, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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