Acts 22:22-30 - Paul Questioned By The Military Tribune
22 And they heard him to this word, and then lifted up their voice and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.
23 And as they cried out, and rent their garments, and cast dust into the air, 24 The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be examined by scourging, that he might know, for what cause they cried so against him. 25 And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a Roman, even uncondemned?
26 The centurion hearing it, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman?
28 He said, Yea. And the tribune answered, I purchased this freedom with a great sum of money.
29 And Paul said, But I was free-born. Then they who were going to examine him, immediately departed from him: and the tribune was afraid, after he knew he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
30 And on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty, what he was accused of by the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come, and bringing Paul down, set him before them.