22:22 The crowd 12 was listening to him until he said this. 13 Then 14 they raised their voices and shouted, 15 “Away with this man 16 from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” 17 22:23 While they were screaming 18 and throwing off their cloaks 19 and tossing dust 20 in the air, 22:24 the commanding officer 21 ordered Paul 22 to be brought back into the barracks. 23 He told them 24 to interrogate Paul 25 by beating him with a lash 26 so that he could find out the reason the crowd 27 was shouting at Paul 28 in this way. 22:25 When they had stretched him out for the lash, 29 Paul said to the centurion 30 standing nearby, “Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen 31 without a proper trial?” 32 22:26 When the centurion 33 heard this, 34 he went to the commanding officer 35 and reported it, 36 saying, “What are you about to do? 37 For this man is a Roman citizen.” 38 22:27 So the commanding officer 39 came and asked 40 Paul, 41 “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” 42 He replied, 43 “Yes.” 22:28 The commanding officer 44 answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” 45 “But I was even 46 born a citizen,” 47 Paul replied. 48 22:29 Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away 49 from him, and the commanding officer 50 was frightened when he realized that Paul 51 was 52 a Roman citizen 53 and that he had had him tied up. 54
22:30 The next day, because the commanding officer 55 wanted to know the true reason 56 Paul 57 was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council 58 to assemble. He then brought 59 Paul down and had him stand before them.