Acts 16:36-38

The Voice

Jailer: ³⁶ The city officials have ordered me to release you, so you may go now in peace.

Paul (loud enough that the police can hear): ³⁷ Just a minute. This is unjust. We’ve been stripped naked, beaten in public, and thrown into jail, all without a trial of any kind. Now they want to release us secretly as if nothing happened? No way: we’re Roman citizens—we shouldn’t be treated like this! If the city officials want to release us, then they can come and tell us to our faces.