Acts 22:24-29 - Paul Reveals His Roman Citizenship

²⁴ the officer commanded him to be led into the fortress, and gave orders that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so cried out against him. ²⁵ But Paul said to the centurion who stood by, as he caused him to be bent forward to the straps: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?

²⁶ And when the centurion heard that, he went out and told it to the officer, saying: "What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

²⁷ And the officer came and said to him: Tell me, are you a Roman? He answered: Yes.

²⁸ And the officer answered: With a great Bum did I purchase this citizenship. And Paul replied: But I was born a citizen.

²⁹ Then, those who were about to examine him, immediately departed from him. And the officer was afraid, when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.