Acts of the Apostles

²¹ “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

²² They listened to him until he said that

²³ As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

²⁴ the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

²⁵ When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”