KJV King James Version
But 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 16:37
But 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
WEB World English Bible
But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”
ASV American Standard Version
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Paul said to them, ‘Having beaten us publicly uncondemned—men, Romans being—they did cast us to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.’
Surrounding context — Acts 16
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, 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 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.
38 And the serjeants told these words unto 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenΠαῦλοςG3972 · PaulosPaulἔφηG5346 · phēmito assertπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withαὐτούς·G846 · autosit/s/heδείραντεςG1194 · derōto beat upἡμᾶςG3165 · memeδημοσίᾳG1219 · dēmosiospublicἀκατακρίτους,G178 · akatakritosuncondemnedἀνθρώπουςG444 · anthrōposa humanῬωμαίουςG4514 · RhōmaiosRomanὑπάρχοντας,G5225 · huparchōbe alreadyἔβαλανG906 · ballōto throw: throwεἰςG1519 · eistowardφυλακήν,G5438 · phulakēprison/watch: prisonκαὶG2532 · kaiandνῦνG3568 · nunnowλάθρᾳG2977 · lathraquietlyἡμᾶςG3165 · memeἐκβάλλουσιν;G1544 · ekballōto expelοὐG3756 · ounoγάρ,G1063 · garforἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutἐλθόντεςG2064 · erchomaito come/goαὐτοὶG846 · autosit/s/heἡμᾶςG3165 · memeἐξαγαγέτωσαν.G1806 · exagōto lead out
Cross-references
Acts 22:25-29And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.Psalm 58:1-2To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?Acts 16:20-24And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,Daniel 3:25-26He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.Psalm 94:20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Psalm 82:1-2A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.Daniel 6:18-19Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
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