Acts 16:39

and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

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WEBBE

and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

BSB

They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.

KJV

And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

ASV

and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

BBE

Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐλθόντες elthontes having come G2064 παρεκάλεσαν parekalesan they appealed to G3870 αὐτούς autous them G846 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐξαγαγόντες exagagontes having brought [them] out G1806 ἠρώτων ērōtōn they were asking [them] G2065 ἀπελθεῖν apelthein to go out G565 ἀπὸ apo of G575 τῆς tēs the G3588 πόλεως.¶ poleōs city G4172

The early church

And the sergeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. They feared, it says: because the men were Romans, not because they had unjustly cast them into prison. And besought them to depart out of the city: begged them as a favor. Observe how diversely grace manages things: how Peter went out, how Paul, though both were Apostles.
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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