Acts 22:23-25

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Roman citizenship comes in useful

²³ The crowd was shouting, tearing their clothes, and throwing dust in the air. ²⁴ The tribune gave orders for Paul to be brought into the barracks, and he told the guards to examine him by flogging, so that he could find out the reason for all the uproar against him.

²⁵ As they were tying Paul up ready for the whips, Paul spoke to the centurion who was standing beside him.

“Is it lawful,” he said, “to flog a Roman citizen without first finding him guilty?”