Acts 22:27-29

Modern English Version

²⁷ The commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”

He said, “Yes.”

²⁸ The commander answered, “I bought my citizenship for a large sum.”

So Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.”

²⁹ Therefore those who were about to examine Paul immediately backed away from him. And the commander feared, knowing that he was a Roman citizen and because he had bound him.