So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.”
So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.
When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”
The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.”
But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?”