Then the commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."
Then the detachment of soldiers and the captain and the attendants of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
But as they were stretching him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?"
And the centurion, hearing this, going to the commander he reported, saying, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman."
And the commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship with much money." And Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."