Acts 22:27 WEB

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, 'Watch what you are 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.