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Acts 22:27
And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me. Art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.
Acts 22:27 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Acts 22:27 in other translations
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
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In context
24 The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and that he should be scourged and tortured: to know for what cause they did so cry out against him.
25 And when they had bound him with thongs, Paul saith to the centurion that stood by him: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned?
26 Which the centurion hearing, went to the tribune and told him, saying: What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.
27 And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me. Art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.
28 And the tribune answered: I obtained the being free of this city with a great sum. And Paul said: But I was born so.
29 Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him. The tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a Roman citizen and because he had bound him.
30 But on the next day, meaning to know more diligently for what cause he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him and commanded the priests to come together and all the council: and, bringing forth Paul, he set him before them.
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