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 seized Jesus and bound him.
But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned?”
When the centurion heard that, 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 was born a citizen.”