Acts 22:28-30

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²⁸ “I am too,” the commander muttered, “and it cost me plenty!”

“But I am a citizen by birth!”

²⁹ The soldiers standing ready to lash him, quickly disappeared when they heard Paul was a Roman citizen, and the commander was frightened because he had ordered him bound and whipped.

³⁰ The next day the commander freed him from his chains and ordered the chief priests into session with the Jewish Council. He had Paul brought in before them to try to find out what the trouble was all about.