And having come, the commander said to him, “Say to me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”
Then the company of soldiers and the commander and the officers of the Yehuḏ
And as they were stretching him out with straps, Sha’ul said to the captain who was standing by, “Is it permitted for you to whip a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?”
And when the captain heard, he went and reported to the commander, saying, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman.”
And the commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.” And Sha’ul said, “But I was even born so.”