Acts 16:37
But Paul replied, "They flogged us in public and without a trial, flogged Roman citizens! They put us in prison, and now they are going to get rid of us secretly! No indeed! Let them come here themselves and take us out!"
Acts 22:25-29
They had strapped him up, when Paul said to the officer who was standing by, "Are you allowed to scourge a Roman citizen ??and to scourge him without a trial?"
Matthew 10:16
I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise like serpents and guileless like doves.
Acts 16:20-24
Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town;