Acts 16:38

Moreover, the staff-holders message-off/away to{the officers} the say-effects/statements, the-same; moreover, they-fear, hear[ing] that they-are-being Romans,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

In Context

37Moreover, the Paul has-been-asserting toward same, "Flay[ing] us to{public}, without-judgment-against[adjective] men originating-under Romans, they-cast into custody, and now privately they-are-casting-out us[?], for not; contrariwise, come[ing], same[plural]: lead-out us."

39and, come[ing], they-call-aside same and, lead[ing]-out, have-been-asking to-come-out of{the city}.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5and will-ing same to-kill-off/away, he-fears the crowd, that as [a] prophet they-have-been-having same.

Acts 22:29So, straightaway, the[plural] being-about to-be-examining-anew same stand-off/away from of{same}, and the thousand-chief/chiliarch, moreover, fears, know[ing]-upon that he-is-being Roman, and that he-has-been-being having-bound same.

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 →

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