Todays Bible passage Acts 22:22-29 22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, Rid the earth of him! Hes not fit to live! 23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, 24 the commander ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and questioned in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasnt even been found guilty? 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 big price for my citizenship. But I was born a citizen, Paul replied. 29 Those who were about to question him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains. Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)
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