39They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.


In Context

36 The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."

37 But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out."

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

39 They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.

40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left.

Acts 16:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:39And they came and besought them, and brought [them] out, and desired [them] to depart out of the city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:39And coming, they besought them; and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:39and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:39And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:39and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:39and having come, they besought them, and having brought them forth, they were asking them to go forth from the city;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:39And they came and sought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.