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Acts 16:35
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33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.
34 Now when he had brought them into his house, ahe set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.  

Paul Refuses to Depart Secretly

35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the1 officers, saying, “Let those men go.”  
36 So the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now therefore depart, and go in peace.”
37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us openly, uncondemned aRomans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.”  
38 And the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.
Verse Comparison: Acts 16:35

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American Standard Version
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.

Amplified® Bible
But when it was day, the magistrates sent policemen, saying, Release those fellows {and} let them go.

Contemporary English Version
The next morning the officials sent some police with orders for the jailer to let Paul and Silas go.

Darby English Version
And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

Good News Bible
The next morning the Roman authorities sent police officers with the order, "Let those men go."

International Standard Version
When day came, the magistrates sent guards and said, "Release those men."

King James Version
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

New American Standard Bible
Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."

New International Version
When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men."

New King James Version
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Let those men go.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."

Young's Literal Translation
And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, `Let those men go;'

New English Translation
At daybreak1 the magistrates2 sent their police officers,3 saying, “Release those men.”


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