¶ The uppercaptain came to him, and said: Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said: Yee
Then the company, and the Captain, and the ministers of the jewes, took Iesus and bound him,
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto an undercaptain: Is it lawful for you to scourge a Roman uncondemned?
When the centurion heard that, he went to the uppercaptain, and told him saying: What intendest thou to do? This man is a Roman.
And the captain answered: With much money obtained I this freedom. And Paul said: I was freeborn.