Acts 16:37–40
37But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”↗
38The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,↗
39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.↗
40They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.↗
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