Acts 22:17-29 - Paul's Call To Preach To The Gentiles
17 And it came to pass, my having returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, for me to became in a trance. 18 And I saw him saying to me, Hurry and depart in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept thy testimony about me.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee. 20 And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself also was standing by, and approving his killing, and keeping the garments of those who killed him.
21 And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.
22 And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.
23 And of them crying out, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air, 24 the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way. 25 And as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it permitted for you to scourge a Roman man, and uncondemned?
26 And when the centurion heard, having come to the chief captain, he reported, saying, Look! What are thou about to do? For this man is a Roman.
27 And the chief captain having come, he said to him, Tell me if thou are a Roman. And he said, Yes.
28 And the chief captain answered, Of a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But then I was born so.
29 Straightway therefore those who were about to examine him withdrew from him. And the chief captain was also afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he was who bound him.