Acts 16:35

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, 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 up into his house, he set food before them, and rejoiced with all his house, having become a believer in God.

36And the jailer reported these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent to release you; now therefore come out, and go in peace.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10The wrath of man shall praise thee, When thou girdest on the whole of thy wrath!

Acts 4:21So, having further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people; because all were glorifying God for that which had been done.

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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