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Acts 22:26

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When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

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  1. Acts 22:24

    The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

  2. Acts 22:25

    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?

  3. Acts 22:27

    Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

  4. Acts 22:28

    And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

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