Acts 22:21-30

21And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away 1to the Gentiles.’”

22They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, “2Away with such a man from the earth, for 3he should not be allowed to live!” 23And as they were shouting and 4throwing off their cloaks and 5tossing dust into the air, 24the commander ordered that he be brought into 6the barracks, saying that he was to be 7interrogated by flogging so that he would find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way. 25But when they stretched him out 8with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it 9lawful for you to flog 10a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?” 26When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.” 27The commander came and said to 11Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.” 28The commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship for a large sum of money.” And Paul said, “But I was actually born a citizen.” 29Therefore, those who were about to 12interrogate him immediately backed away from him; and the commander also 13was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had 1415put him in chains.

30Now on the next day, 16wanting to know for certain why Paul had been accused by the Jews, he 17released him and ordered the chief priests and all 18the 19Council to assemble, and he brought Paul down and placed him before them.