Acts 16:36-38

New Catholic Bible

³⁶ The jailer reported the message to Paul, saying, “The magistrates sent word to let you go. Now you can come out and depart in peace.” ³⁷ But Paul said to the officers, “We are Roman citizens. They gave us a public beating and threw us into prison without a trial. And now they are going to release us secretly. Absolutely not! Let them come in person and escort us out themselves.”

³⁸ The officers reported Paul’s words, and the magistrates became alarmed when they learned that those men were Roman citizens.