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So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
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But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
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But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.”
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The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.
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Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”
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But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?”
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When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”
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So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.”
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The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.”
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So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.
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This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
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So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
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But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,