Acts 22:22-29

Revised Geneva Translation

²² And they heard him until this word. Then they lifted up their voices, and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he is not fit to live!”

²³ And as they cried and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

²⁴ the chief captain commanded him to be led into the castle, and ordered that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might know why they cried so against him.

²⁵ And as they bound him with straps, Paul said to the Centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge one who is a Roman, and not condemned?”

²⁶ Now when the Centurion heard that, he told the chief captain, saying, “Be careful what you do. For this man is a Roman.”

²⁷ Then the chief captain came and said to him, “Tell me. Are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”

²⁸ And the chief captain answered, “I obtained this freedom with a great sum.” Then Paul said, “But I was born so.”

²⁹ Then immediately, those who should have examined him departed. And the chief captain was also afraid after he realized that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.