Acts 16:35 “When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order…”

Acts 16:35

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”

American Standard Version

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, 'Let those men go;'

Bible in Basic English

But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

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Cross references

“And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.”

Acts 5:40 Acts 4:21 Psalm 76:10 Jeremiah 5:22

Acts 5:40 · BSB

At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

Acts 4:21 · BSB

After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

Psalm 76:10 · BSB

Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but ca…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

34Then 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.

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

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