And the tribune, approaching, said to him: "Tell me. Are you a Roman?" So he said, "Yes."
Then the cohort, and the tribune, and the attendants of the Jews apprehended Jesus and bound him.
And when they had tied him with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near him, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and has not been condemned?"
Upon hearing this, the centurion went to the tribune and reported it to him, saying: "What do you intend to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."
And the tribune responded, "I obtained this citizenship at great cost." And Paul said, "But I was born to it."