The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the fort, and he told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him.

Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life. Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life.

But when they had tied him up to be whipped, Paul said to the officer standing there, "Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't even been tried for any crime?"

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and asked him, "What are you doing? That man is a Roman citizen!"

The police officers reported these words to the Roman officials; and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.

So they went and apologized to them; then they led them out of the prison and asked them to leave the city.