Acts 22:27
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art you a Roman? He said, yes.
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Context
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard , he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what you doest: for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art you a Roman? He said, yes.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was born.
29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.