Acts 22:25

then they stretched his arms out and tied them so that they could whip his back. But Paul talked to the boss of the soldiers that was standing there. He said, “Wait. I’m a Jew, but I’m a Roman too. My name is in the book in a Roman office. But you didn’t try me in a court, and no judge said that I’m guilty, so if you whip me you will be breaking the Roman law.”⋮