Acts 22:23-25

International Children’s Bible

²³ They shouted and threw off their coats.^[a] They threw dust into the air.^[b]

²⁴ Then the commander ordered the soldiers to take Paul into the army building and beat him. The commander wanted to make Paul tell why the people were shouting against him like this. ²⁵ So the soldiers were tying him up, preparing to beat him. But Paul said to an officer there, “Do you have the right to beat a Roman citizen^[c] who has not been proven guilty?”