Acts 22:27 CPDV

²⁵  And when they had tied him with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near him, 'Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and has not been condemned?'

²⁶  Upon hearing this, the centurion went to the tribune and reported it to him, saying: 'What do you intend to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.'

²⁷  And the tribune, approaching, said to him: 'Tell me. Are you a Roman?' So he said, 'Yes.'

²⁸  And the tribune responded, 'I obtained this citizenship at great cost.' And Paul said, 'But I was born to it.'

²⁹  Therefore, those who were going to torture him, immediately withdrew from him. The tribune was similarly afraid, after he realized that he was a Roman citizen, for he had bound him.