And as they — The soldiers ordered by the tribune, were binding him with thongs — A freeman of Rome might be bound with a chain and beaten with a staff: but he might not be bound with thongs, neither scourged, or beaten with rods: Paul said to the centurion — The captain, who stood by to see the orders of the tribune executed.
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Acts 22:25
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?