Acts 16:35
“And when it was day, the Magistrates sent the Sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.”
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Acts 16:35 Context
33And hee tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, hee and all his, straightway. 34And when he had brought them into his house, hee set meat before them, and reioyced, beleeuing in God with all his house. 35And when it was day, the Magistrates sent the Sergeants, saying, Let those men goe. 36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The Magistrates haue sent to let you goe: Now therefore depart, and goe in peace. 37But Paul said vnto them, They haue beaten vs openly vncondemned, being Romanes, and haue cast vs into prison, and now doe they thrust vs out priuily? Nay verily, but let them come themselues, and fetch vs out.
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Other Translations for Acts 16:35
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
- King James Version
Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.
- Basic English Bible
And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.
- Darby Bible
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
- Webster's Bible
In the morning the praetors sent their lictors with the order, "Release those men."
- Weymouth Bible
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."
- World English Bible
And whanne dai was come, the magistratis senten catchepollis, and seiden, Delyuere thou tho men.
- Wycliffe Bible
And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, `Let those men go;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 16:35
16:35 The pretors sent - Being probably terrified by the earthquake; saying, Let those men go - How different from the charge given a few hours before! And how great an ease of mind to the jailer!
People's Bible Notes for Acts 16:35
Ac 16:35,36 The magistrates sent the officers. The lictors are meant. It is possible that the magistrates had, in some way, heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens. They wished, therefore, to quietly get rid of them. The Porcian and Valerian laws exempted all Roman citizens from stripes or torture. They had broken the law.