Acts 22:22–29

²²And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live. ²³And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air, ²⁴the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him. ²⁵But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned? ²⁶And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman. ²⁷And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. ²⁸And the chiliarch answered, I, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was also free born. ²⁹Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.