²³ As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks^(A) and flinging dust into the air,^{(B) 24} the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.^(C) He directed^(D) that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. ²⁵ As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”^(E)