Acts 16:39

So the magistrates came, and entreated Rav Sha'ul and Sila, and brought them out, asking them to depart from the city.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

In Context

38And the soterim reported these words to the magistrates, and the magistrates were afraid, hearing that Rav Sha'ul and Sila were both Roman citizens.

40And having come out from the beis hasohar, they came to Lydia, and having seen and encouraged the Achim b'Moshiach of the Kehillah that met in Lydiaʼs bais, Rav Sha'ul and Sila departed.

Read all of Acts 16

Cross References

Isaiah 45:14Thus saith Hashem: 1 The toil of Mitzrayim, and merchandise of Kush 1 and of the Seva'im (Sabeans, those from Seba in Arabia), men of tall stature, 1 shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: 1 they shall come after thee; 1 in chains they shall come over, 1 and they shall cast themselves down unto thee, 1 they shall make supplication unto thee, saying: 1 Surely El (G-d) is with thee; 1 and there is none other, no other Elohim. 1

Isaiah 60:14The banim also of them that oppress thee 1 shall come unto thee in submission; 1 and all they that despised thee 1 shall prostrate themselves down at the soles of thy raglayim; 1 and they shall call thee, The Ir of Hashem, 1 Tziyon of Kadosh Yisroel. 1

Daniel 6:23My G-d hath sent his malach, and hath shut the lionsʼ mouths that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no rah (wrong).

Matthew 8:34And hinei! The whole town came out to meet Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. And seeing him, they begged him to depart from their area.

Revelation 3:9And did not make hakhchashah (denial) of ha-Shem of me. Hinei, I may make some of the Shul + 3:9 deluded by of the Adversary, the ones declaring themselves to be Bnei Brit, and are not [of the Brit Chadasha] but speak sheker; hinei, I will make them come and prostrate themselves before your feet and then they will have da'as that I have ahavah for you. + 3:9 Isa 49:23; 43:4

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 16:39