Moffatt(i)
25 They had strapped him up, when Paul said to the officer who was standing by, "Are you allowed to scourge a Roman citizen — and to scourge him without a trial?"
26 When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and said to him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen."
27 So the commander went to him and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
28 The commander replied, "I had to pay a large sum for this citizenship." "But I was born a citizen," said Paul.
29 Then those who were to have examined him left him at once alone; even the commander was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.