²⁵ But when they stretched him out ^[a]with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it ^[b]lawful for you to scourge ^(A)a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?” ²⁶ When the centurion heard this, he went to the ^[c]commander and told him, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.” ²⁷ The ^[d]commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.” ²⁸ The ^[e]commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” And Paul said, “But I was actually born a citizen.” ²⁹ Therefore those who were about to ^(B)examine him immediately ^[f]let go of him; and the ^[g]commander also ^(C)was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had ^[h](D)put him in chains.