Acts 16:36-38

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³⁶ The jailer passed on what they said to Paul.

“The magistrates have sent word that you should be released,” he said. “So now you can leave and go in peace.”

³⁷ But Paul objected.

“We are Roman citizens!” he said. “They beat us in public without a trial, they threw us into prison, and now they are sending us away secretly? No way! Let them come themselves and take us out.”

³⁸ The officers reported these words to the magistrates. When they heard that they were Roman citizens, they were afraid.