So the commander went over and said to Paul, “Tell me, are yoʋ a Roman citizen?” He said, “Yes.”
Then the cohort of soldiers, along with its commander and the Jewish officers, arrested Jesus, bound him,
But as one of the soldiers was stretching Paul out with the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, “Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”
When the centurion heard this, he went and reported it to the commander, saying, “Consider what yoʋ are about to do, for this man is a Roman citizen.”
The commander responded, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.”