³⁸ The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.^(A)

²⁹ Those who were about to interrogate him^(A) withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen,^(B) in chains.^(C)

⁴⁶ They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.^(A)

⁵ Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.^(A)