20. And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
21. And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22. Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.”
23. And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,
24. the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
25. But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?”
26. When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”