But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, being Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they drive us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and lead us out.

And the floggers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not condemned by trial?

Then the commander came and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes.

But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him.

I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or bonds.

and when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, This man is doing nothing deserving of death or bonds.

who, when they had examined me, wanted to let me go, because there was no cause for putting me to death.

For he knew that they had delivered Him over because of envy.

And the governor said, Why, what evil has He done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let Him be crucified!

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.