Gevurot 16:37-39

Orthodox Jewish Bible

³⁷ But Rav Sha’ul said to them, "After giving us a public flogging, though we are uncondemned Roman citizens, they threw us into the beis hasohar; and now are they secretly sending us out? No, indeed! Let them come themselves and lead us out in public."

³⁸ And the soterim reported these words to the magistrates, and the magistrates were afraid, hearing that Rav Sha’ul and Sila were both Roman citizens.

³⁹ So the magistrates came, and entreated Rav Sha’ul and Sila, and brought them out, asking them to depart from the city.