“The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”
Acts 16:36 (WEB)
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34He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God. 35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.” 36The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.” 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,