Acts Chapter 16 verse 38 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 16:38

And the sergeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
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BBE Acts 16:38

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;
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DARBY Acts 16:38

And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
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KJV Acts 16:38

And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
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WBT Acts 16:38


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WEB Acts 16:38

The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
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YLT Acts 16:38

And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - Reported for told, A.V.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(38) They feared, when they heard that they were Romans.--It is clear that the strategi did not consider their ignorance of St. Paul's citizenship a sufficient defence. They had acted illegally, and the consequence of that illegality went further than they counted on; but they could not, therefore, shake off their responsibility. They were liable to a prosecution, such as that which Cicero, for like offences, instituted against Verres. The tables were turned; the accused had become a possible accuser, and they, instead of hushing the matter up, were compelled to make something like a formal apology. We may well believe that St. Paul's motive in insisting on this, was less the satisfaction of his own honour, than a desire to impress upon the strategi that they were not to over-ride or strain the law to gratify the passions of a mob.