37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are ^pRoman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.” 38 The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were ^qafraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.

27 ⁱThis man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a ^jRoman citizen.