So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him.
Acts 22:27 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional The tribune came and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the commandant came and said to [Paul], Tell me, are you a Roman citizen? And he said, Yes [indeed]! American Standard Version (1901) And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea. Common English Bible The commander went to Paul and demanded, “Tell me! Are you a Roman citizen?” He said, “Yes.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the tribune, approaching, said to him: "Tell me. Are you a Roman?" So he said, "Yes." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me, art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea. |
So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him.
But when they had tied him up with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who is uncondemned?”
When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen.”
The tribune answered, “It cost me a large sum of money to get my citizenship.” Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.”