Acts 22:27-29

Living Bible

²⁷ So the commander went over and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”

“Yes, I certainly am.”

²⁸ “I am too,” the commander muttered, “and it cost me plenty!”

“But I am a citizen by birth!”

²⁹ The soldiers standing ready to lash him, quickly disappeared when they heard Paul was a Roman citizen, and the commander was frightened because he had ordered him bound and whipped.