The commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”
Then the band of soldiers, with the captain and the officers of the Judeans, seized Yeshua and tied Him up.
But when they stretched him out with straps, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen without due process?”
Now when the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it, saying, “What are you going to do? For this man is Roman.”
The commander answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I was born so.”