Acts 22:25 Yet as they extend and stretch him forward with the thongs (or: straps), Paul says to the centurion, "If a person be (or: Since a man is) a Roman and is uncondemned, is it lawful or permissible for you to be scourging him (= Is it legal for you to flog a Roman who has not been condemned)?"

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ Yet as they extend and stretch him forward with the thongs (or: straps), Paul says to the centurion, "If a person [be] (or: Since a man [is]) a Roman and [is] uncondemned, is it lawful or permissible for you to be scourging [him] (= Is it legal for you to flog a Roman who has not been condemned)?"