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

²⁴ the tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what reason they so cried out 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 man who is a Roman, uncondemned?

²⁶ And the centurion hearing this, 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? And he said, Yes.

²⁸ And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born.

²⁹ Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.