Acts 22:22-30 - Paul Questioned By The Military Tribune
22 Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He's not fit to go on living!"
23 While they were yelling, tossing their coats around, and throwing dirt into the air, 24 the tribune ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks and told the soldiers to beat and question him in order to find out why the people were yelling at him like this. 25 But when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul asked the centurion who was standing there, "Is it legal for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't been condemned?"
26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and told him, "What are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen!"
27 So the tribune went and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
28 Then the tribune replied, "I paid a lot of money for this citizenship of mine."
29 Paul said, "But I was born a citizen." Immediately those who were about to examine him stepped back, and the tribune was afraid when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had tied him up.
30 The next day, since the tribune wanted to find out exactly what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the high priests and the entire Council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.