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Acts Chapter 16 verse 35 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 16:35

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
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BBE Acts 16:35

But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.
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DARBY Acts 16:35

And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.
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KJV Acts 16:35

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
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WBT Acts 16:35

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WEB Acts 16:35

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."
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YLT Acts 16:35

And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, `Let those men go;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 35. - But for and, A.V. The magistrates; i.e. the printers or duumviri, as in ver. 22 (where see note). The sergeants; i.e. the lictors (ver. 22, note).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) The magistrates sent the serjeants.--Literally, the rod-bearers, or lictors. They would probably be the very officers who had inflicted the stripes. We are not told what led to this sudden change of action. Possibly, as has been suggested, the earthquake had alarmed the strategi; more probably they felt that they had acted hastily in ordering the accused to be punished with no regular trial, and without even any inquiry as to their antecedents. They had an uneasy sense of having done wrong, and they wanted to wash their hands of the business as quietly as possible.