Acts 22:27-29

Contemporary English Version

²⁷ The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”

“Yes,” Paul answered.

²⁸ The commander then said, “I paid a lot of money to become a Roman citizen.”^[a]

But Paul replied, “I was born a Roman citizen.”

²⁹ The men who were about to beat and question Paul quickly backed off. And the commander himself was frightened when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.