Acts 22:25-28 But when they had tied him for the flogging, Paul asked the captain who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman, and one who is uncondemned at that?"

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ But when they had tied him for the flogging, Paul asked the captain who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman, and one who is uncondemned at that?" ²⁶ When the captain heard that, he went to the colonel and reported it. Then he asked him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen." ²⁷ So the colonel came to Paul and asked, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" He answered, "Yes." ²⁸ Then the colonel said, "I paid a large sum for this citizenship of mine." Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."