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25 Ὡς (As) δὲ (however) προέτειναν (he stretched forward) αὐτὸν (him) τοῖς (with the) ἱμᾶσιν (straps), εἶπεν (said) πρὸς (to) τὸν (the) ἑστῶτα (standing by) ἑκατόνταρχον (centurion) ὁ (-) Παῦλος (Paul), “Εἰ (If) ἄνθρωπον (a man), Ῥωμαῖον (a Roman) καὶ (and) ἀκατάκριτον (uncondemned), ἔξεστιν (it is lawful) ὑμῖν (to you) μαστίζειν (to flog)?”
26 Ἀκούσας (Having heard) δὲ (then) ὁ (the) ἑκατοντάρχης (centurion), προσελθὼν (having gone) τῷ (to the) χιλιάρχῳ (commander), ἀπήγγειλεν (he reported it), λέγων (saying), “Τί (What) μέλλεις (are you going) ποιεῖν (to do)? ὁ (The) γὰρ (for) ἄνθρωπος (man) οὗτος (this) Ῥωμαῖός (a Roman) ἐστιν (is).”
27 Προσελθὼν (Having come near) δὲ (then), ὁ (the) χιλίαρχος (commander) εἶπεν (said) αὐτῷ (to him), “Λέγε (Tell) μοι (me), σὺ (you) Ῥωμαῖος (a Roman) εἶ (are)?” Ὁ (-) δὲ (And) ἔφη (he was saying), “Ναί (Yes).”
28 Ἀπεκρίθη (Answered) δὲ (then) ὁ (the) χιλίαρχος (commander), “Ἐγὼ (I) πολλοῦ (with a great) κεφαλαίου (sum) τὴν (the) πολιτείαν (citizenship) ταύτην (this) ἐκτησάμην (bought).” ὁ (-) Δὲ (But) Παῦλος (Paul) ἔφη (was saying), “Ἐγὼ (I) δὲ (however) καὶ (even) γεγέννημαι (was born so).”