Act 22:24-29 | ESV | STEP | the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks , saying that he should be examined by flogging , to find out why they were shouting against him like this .

Acts 22:24-29

24 the tribune ordered him to be brought into ^athe barracks, saying that he should be ^bexamined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this. 25 But when they had stretched him out for the whips, ^{▼▼Or when they had tied him up with leather strips} Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog ^da man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.” 27 So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.” 28 The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.” 29 So those who were about ^eto examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also ^fwas afraid, ^gfor he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that ^hhe had bound him.