So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.”