Acts 22:22-30 - Paul Questioned By The Military Tribune
22 And they listened to him as far as this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth! for it was not fit that he should live.
23 And as they were crying out, and shaking their garments, and throwing dust into the air, 24 the chief captain ordered him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might ascertain for what cause they were thus crying out against him. 25 But when they had stretched him out with the cords, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard this, he went and told the chief captain, saying, What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.
28 The chief captain answered, For a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was born a Roman.
29 They therefore who were about to examine him left him immediately. And the chief captain also was alarmed when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 On the morrow, wishing to have certain knowledge why he was accused by the Jews, he released him, and ordered the chief priests and all the council to assemble; and bringing Paul down, he set him before them.