²² They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, “^(A)Away with such a man from the earth, for ^(B)he should not be allowed to live!” ²³ And as they were shouting and ^(C)throwing off their cloaks and ^(D)tossing dust into the air, ²⁴ the commander ordered that he be brought into ^(E)the barracks, saying that he was to be ^(F)interrogated by flogging so that he would find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way. ²⁵ But when they stretched him out ^[a]with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it ^[b]lawful for you to flog ^(G)a 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 ^[c]Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.” ²⁸ The commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship for a large sum of money.” And Paul said, “But I was actually born a citizen.” ²⁹ Therefore, those who were about to ^(H)interrogate him immediately backed away from him; and the commander also ^(I)was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had ^[d](J)put him in chains.