22:22 The crowd ¹  was listening to him until he said this. ²  Then ³  they raised their voices and shouted, ⁴  “Away with this man ⁵  from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” ⁶  22:23 While they were screaming ⁷  and throwing off their cloaks ⁸  and tossing dust ⁹  in the air, 22:24 the commanding officer ¹⁰  ordered Paul ¹¹  to be brought back into the barracks. ¹²  He told them ¹³  to interrogate Paul ¹⁴  by beating him with a lash ¹⁵  so that he could find out the reason the crowd ¹⁶  was shouting at Paul ¹⁷  in this way. 22:25 When they had stretched him out for the lash, ¹⁸  Paul said to the centurion ¹⁹  standing nearby, “Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen ²⁰  without a proper trial?” ²¹  22:26 When the centurion ²²  heard this, ²³  he went to the commanding officer ²⁴  and reported it, ²⁵  saying, “What are you about to do? ²⁶  For this man is a Roman citizen.” ²⁷  22:27 So the commanding officer ²⁸  came and asked ²⁹  Paul, ³⁰  “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” ³¹  He replied, ³²  “Yes.” 22:28 The commanding officer ³³  answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” ³⁴  “But I was even ³⁵  born a citizen,” ³⁶  Paul replied. ³⁷  22:29 Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away ³⁸  from him, and the commanding officer ³⁹  was frightened when he realized that Paul ⁴⁰  was ⁴¹  a Roman citizen ⁴²  and that he had had him tied up. ⁴³