Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they …

And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a …

When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he …

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, …