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


In Context

35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.

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 to them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privately? no verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

38 And the sergeants told these words to 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.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:38And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard 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 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.