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Acts 16:38
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Acts 16:38
38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
38And the Sergeants tolde these words vnto the Magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romanes.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 16:38
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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magistrates
Civil officers entrusted with authority to govern or administer justice.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
Natives or citizens of Rome.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study29Then 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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Open the full verse study5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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Open the full verse study46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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