Acts 22:25-30

25 But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge ¹a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"

26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman."

27 The commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he said, "Yes."

28 The commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I was actually born a citizen."

29 Therefore those who were about to ²examine him immediately let go of him; and the commander also ³was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had ⁴put him in chains.

30 But on the next day, ⁵wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he ⁶released him and ordered the chief priests and all ⁷the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 16:37
• 2. Acts 22:24
• 3. Acts 16:38
• 4. Acts 21:33
• 5. Acts 23:28
• 6. Acts 21:33
• 7. Matthew 5:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "for the whip"
• [b]. Interrogation by torture was a procedure used with slaves
• [c]. V 24, note 1
• [d]. V 24, note 1
• [e]. V 24, note 1
• [f]. Lit "withdrew from"
• [g]. V 24, note 1
• [h]. Lit "bound him"
• [i]. Or "Sanhedrin"