Acts 16:35

And when daylight had arrived, the magistrates sent the attendants, saying, “Release those men.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

34And when he had brought them into his own house, he set a table for them. And he was joyous, with his entire household, believing in God.

36But the prison guard reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent to have you released. Now therefore, depart. Go in peace.”

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?

Acts 4:21But they, threatening them, sent them away, having not found a way that they might punish them because of the people. For all were glorifying the things that had been done in these events.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:26-35

Paul and Silas in Prison; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had… Read the whole commentary →

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