Acts 22:23-25

Expanded Bible

²³ They ·shouted [yelled; screamed], threw off their coats, and threw dust into the air [^Cdemonstrations of anger and disgust].

²⁴ Then the ·commander [tribune] ordered the soldiers to take ·Paul [^Lhim] into the ·army building [barracks] and ·beat him [^Lquestion him by whipping/flogging]. ·He wanted [^L…in order] to make Paul tell why the people were shouting against him like this [^Cflogging was commonly used to gain information]. ²⁵ But as the soldiers were ·tying him up [or stretching him out (on the posts)], preparing to ·beat [whip; flog] him, Paul said to an officer nearby, “Do you have the right to ·beat [whip; flog] a Roman citizen who ·has not been proven guilty [^Lis uncondemned; ^Cthis was against Roman law]?”