Acts 16:36
“And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The Magistrates haue sent to let you goe: Now therefore depart, and goe in peace.”
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Acts 16:36 Context
34And when he had brought them into his house, hee set meat before them, and reioyced, beleeuing in God with all his house. 35And when it was day, the Magistrates sent the Sergeants, saying, Let those men goe. 36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The Magistrates haue sent to let you goe: Now therefore depart, and goe in peace. 37But Paul said vnto them, They haue beaten vs openly vncondemned, being Romanes, and haue cast vs into prison, and now doe they thrust vs out priuily? Nay verily, but let them come themselues, and fetch vs out. 38And the Sergeants tolde these words vnto the Magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romanes.
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And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
- King James Version
And the jailer reported these words to Paul, {saying,} "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the jailor reported the words to Paul, `saying', The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.
- Basic English Bible
And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.
- Darby Bible
And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
- Webster's Bible
So the jailer brought Paul word, saying, "The praetors have sent orders for you to be released. Now therefore you can go, and proceed on your way in peace."
- Weymouth Bible
The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."
- World English Bible
And the kepere of the prisoun telde these wordis to Poul, That the magistratis han sent, that ye be delyuered; now therfor go ye out, and go ye in pees.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the jailor told these words unto Paul -- `The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;'
- Youngs Literal Bible