Acts 16:38
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
And the Sergeants tolde these words vnto the Magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romanes.
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- Acts 22:29Rank 1 from verse 38
29Then 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.
29Then straightway they departed from him which should haue ‖examined him: and the chiefe captaine also was afraid after he knew that he was a Romane, & because he had bound him.
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Acts 16:38
Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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magistrates
Civil officers, rulers, or judges with public authority.
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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.
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Natives or citizens of Rome.
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16:35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
16:35And when it was day, the Magistrates sent the Sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.
16:36And 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.
16:36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The Magistrates haue sent to let you goe: Now therefore depart, and goe in peace.
16:37But 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.
16:37But Paul said vnto them, They haue beaten vs openly vncondemned, being Romanes, and haue cast vs into prison, and now doe they thrust vs out priuily? Nay verily, but let them come themselues, and fetch vs out.
16:38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
16:38And the Sergeants tolde these words vnto the Magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romanes.
Selected passage16:39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
16:39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.
16:40And 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.
16:40And they went out of the prison, *and entred into the house of Lydia, and when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.