I was standing by, fully approving of it, and I held the clothes
of those who were killing him.'
022:021 "`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to
nations far away.'"
022:022 Until they heard this last statement the people listened
to Paul, but now with a roar of disapproval they cried out,
"Away with such a fellow from the earth! He ought not to be
allowed to live."
022:023 And when they continued their furious shouts, throwing their
clothes into the air and flinging dust about,
022:024 the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks,
and be examined by flogging, in order to ascertain the reason
why they thus cried out against him.
022:025 But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said
to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog
a Roman citizen--and one too who is uncondemned?"
022:026 On hearing this question, the Captain went to report the matter
to the Tribune. "What are you intending to do?" he said.
"This man is a Roman citizen."
022:027 So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you
a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
022:028 "I paid a large sum for my citizenship," said the Tribune.
"But I was born free," said Paul.
022:029 So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture
immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened
when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had
had him bound.
022:030 The next day, wishing to know exactly what charge was being
brought against him by the Jews, the Tribune ordered his chains
to be removed; and, having sent word to the High Priests and