Acts 16:36
The jailer told Paul, “The magistrates have sent word to release you. So you can leave, and go in peace.”
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35Early the next day the magistrate sent officials to the jailer, telling him, “Release those men.”
Cross References
Exodus 4:18Then Moses returned to Jethro his father-in-law and told him, “Please allow me to go back to my own people in Egypt so I can see if any of them are still alive.” “Go with my blessing,” Jethro replied.
1 Samuel 1:17“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel give you what you have asked him for,” Eli replied.
1 Samuel 25:35David accepted from Abigail what she had brought him, and told her, “You may go home in peace, because I agree with your advice and grant your request.”
2 Kings 5:19“Go in peace,” said Elisha, and Naaman left. But he had only gone a short way
John 14:27Peace I leave with you; my peace I'm giving you. The peace I give you is nothing like what the world gives. Don't be anxious, and don't be afraid.
Acts 16:27The jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison wide open. He drew his sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:36-40
Paul and Silas Released. 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:… Read the whole commentary →