Acts 22:24-27

24 the commander ordered him to be brought into ¹the barracks, stating that he should be ²examined by scourging so that he might find out the reason why * they were shouting against him that way.

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 ³a 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."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 21:34
• 2. Acts 22:29
• 3. Acts 16:37

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops
• [b]. Or "for the whip"
• [c]. Interrogation by torture was a procedure used with slaves
• [d]. V 24, note 1
• [e]. V 24, note 1