Acts 16:38
“And the Sergeants tolde these words vnto the Magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romanes.”
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Acts 16:38 Context
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. 38And the Sergeants tolde these words vnto the Magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romanes. 39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie. 40And they went out of the prison, and entred into the house of Lydia, and when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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Other Translations for Acts 16:38
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
- King James Version
The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the sergeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;
- Basic English Bible
And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
- Darby Bible
And the sergeants told these words to the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans.
- Webster's Bible
This answer the lictors took back to the praetors, who were alarmed when they were told that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
- Weymouth Bible
The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
- World English Bible
And the catchepollis telden these wordis to the magistratis; and thei dredden, for thei herden that thei weren Romayns.
- Wycliffe Bible
And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Acts 16:38
Ac 16:38,39 They feared. Had Paul insisted, the magistrates could have been severely punished. They might abuse aliens, but "to be a Roman was greater than to be a king". Hence, they humbled themselves, and "came, and besought them, and desired them to depart out of that city".