Acts 22:29

29 Then forthwith they departed from him who were about to examine him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

Acts 22:29 In-Context

27 Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
29 Then forthwith they departed from him who were about to examine him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
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