Acts 22:25-28 And as they stretched him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?

MKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ And as they stretched him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned? ²⁶ And hearing, coming near the centurion reported to the chiliarch, saying, Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman. ²⁷ And coming up the chiliarch said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? And He said, Yes. ²⁸ And the chiliarch answered, With a great sum I bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was even born free.