26. When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. ‘What are you going to do?’ he asked. ‘This man is a Roman citizen.’
27. The commander went to Paul and asked, ‘Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?’‘Yes, I am,’ he answered.
28. Then the commander said, ‘I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.’‘But I was born a citizen,’ Paul replied.
29. Those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realised that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.