“And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.”
King James Version (KJV)
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!
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.
And when it was day, the Magistrates sent the Sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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