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Acts 16:38 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Acts 16:38

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36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”

37 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!”

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

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

40 They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.

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Acts 16:1

"He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek."

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"The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him."

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"As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem."

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