³⁵ When it was daylight, the magistrates sent police officers with the order, “Let those men go.” 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.”