Acts 16:36

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

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KJV

King James Version

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

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WEB

World English Bible

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the jailor reported the words to Paul, [saying], The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent that you⁺ may be released. Now, therefore, having gone out, go forth in peace.”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 16

³⁴ Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.

³⁵ When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

³⁶ The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

³⁷ But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

³⁸ So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

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