The commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he said.
In context
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. 28The commander replied, “It cost me a great deal of money to acquire this citizenship.” “But I was born with it,” said Paul. 29The men who were to interrogate him drew back at once, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
