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


In Context

35 And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

36 And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

37 But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

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

39 And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

40 And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.

Acts 16:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:38The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:38And let us out themselves. And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid, hearing that they were Romans.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:38And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:38And the sergeants told these words to the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:38And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:38And the sergeants told these words to the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.