22:27 TPR So the tribune came and asked him, “Are you a Roman citizen?” He said, “I am.” Each of these five verses (22:25–29) contains, in the RSV, the word “Roman citizen” (Ῥωμαῖος) or “citizen” or “citizenship” (πολιτεία). The words of the tribune, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum,” give a measure of the estimation in which this status was held, both by those who could claim it and by those who could not;