Acts 16:35-40

New International Version

³⁵When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.” ³⁶The jailer^(A) told Paul, “The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.”^(B)

³⁷But Paul said to the officers: “They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens,^(C) and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”

³⁸The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.^(D) ³⁹They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.^(E) ⁴⁰After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house,^(F) where they met with the brothers and sisters^(G) and encouraged them. Then they left.

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Acts 16:35-40

New American Standard Bible

³⁵Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.” ³⁶And ^(A)the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent word that you be released. So come out now and go ^(B)in peace.” ³⁷But Paul said to them, “After beating us in public without due process—^(C)men who are Romans—they threw us into prison; and now they are releasing us secretly? No indeed! On the contrary, let them come ^[a]in person and lead us out.” ³⁸The officers reported these words to the chief magistrates. ^(D)And they became fearful when they heard that they were Romans, ³⁹and they came and pleaded with them, and when they had led them out, they repeatedly asked them ^(E)to leave the city. ⁴⁰They left the prison and entered the house of ^(F)Lydia, and when they saw ^(G)the brothers and sisters, they ^[b]encouraged them and departed.