Acts 22:25-29

25But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it lawful for you to scourge a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned?

26And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.

27And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.

28And the chiliarch answered, I, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was also [free] born.

29Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.