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? " 22:24–25 Ac 16:37; 21:34; 22:29
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.