Acts 16:35

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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

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Ἡμέρας Hēmeras When day G2250 δὲ de then G1161 γενομένης genomenēs having come G1096 ἀπέστειλαν apesteilan sent G649 οἱ hoi the G3588 στρατηγοὶ stratēgoi magistrates G4755 τοὺς tous the G3588 ῥαβδούχους rhabdouchous officers G4465 λέγοντες legontes saying G3004 ἀπόλυσον apoluson do release G630 τοὺς tous the G3588 ἀνθρώπους anthrōpous men G444 ἐκείνους ekeinous those G1565

The early church

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. It is likely the magistrates had learnt what had happened, and did not dare of themselves to dismiss them. And the keeper of the prison told these words to Paul, saying, the magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace - that is, in safety, fearing no man.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 35–40

Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under the charge of having deserved wrongful punishment, and therefore required to be dismissed in an honourable manner. It was not a mere point of honour that the apostle stood upon, but justice, and not to himself so much as to his cause. And when proper apology is made, Christians should never express personal anger, nor insist too strictly upon personal amends. The Lord will make them more than conquerors in every conflict; instead of being cast down by their sufferings, they will become comforters of their brethren.

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