ACTS

Paul's Roman Citizenship

Pastor Scott Brenner Acts 22:23-29
[22:23] Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air,
[22:24] the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him.
[22:25] And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?"
[22:26] When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, "Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman."
[22:27] Then the commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."
[22:28] The commander answered, "With a large sum I obtained this citizenship." And Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."
[22:29] Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

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