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Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.” And as they were shou?ng and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shou?ng against him like this.
But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman ci?zen and uncondemned?” When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman ci?zen.” So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman ci?zen?” And he said, “Yes.”
The tribune answered, “I bought this ci?zenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a ci?zen by birth.” So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman ci?zen and that he had bound him.
Acts 22:22-‐29 (ESV)
The tribune answered, “I bought this ci?zenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a ci?zen by birth.”
Acts 22:28 (ESV)
"Give me your :red, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-‐tost to me, I liJ my lamp beside the golden door!"
• Ci?zen by natural birth • Ci?zen by process of naturaliza?on
“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
Acts 2:17-‐18 (ESV)
For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no dis?nc?on between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:11-‐13 (ESV)
For while we were s?ll weak, at the right ?me Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were s?ll sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been jus?fied by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 5:6-‐10 (ESV)