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Acts 16:38

36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

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

39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

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BSB
So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
KJV
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
WEB
The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
ASV
And the sergeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
DARBY
And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
BLB
And the officers reported these words to the captains, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans.
ÅB
Tjenerne meldte disse ord til styresmennene; da ble de redde, da de fikk høre at de var romerske borgere,
OTB
Offiserene rapporterte disse ordene til magistratene, og de ble forskrekket da de hørte at Paulus og Silas var romerske borgere.
B1930
Tjenerne meldte disse ord til styresmennene; da blev de redde, da de fikk høre at de var romerske borgere,

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  • Acts 22:29

    Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

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  • Matthew 21:46

    But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

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  • Matthew 14:5

    And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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