But as they stretched him out for the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen who has not even been tried?”
In context
23As they screamed and flung off their cloaks and threw dust into the air, 24the commander ordered Paul brought into the barracks and told his men to examine him under the lash, to find out why the crowd was howling at him like this. 25But as they stretched him out for the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen who has not even been tried?” 26When the centurion heard this he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you about to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.” 27The commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he said.
