Acts 16:35

And when it was morning, the prefects sent rod-bearers to say to the superior of the prison: Let those men loose.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

34And he took them and brought them into his house, and set a table for them; and he rejoiced in the faith of God, he and all the members of his house.

36And when the superior of the prison heard it, he went in, and said the same thing to Paul; namely, that the prefects have sent word that ye be set free. And now, said he, Go ye out, and depart in peace.

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Cross References

Acts 4:21And they threatened them, and dismissed them. For they found no ground for punishing them, because of the people: for every one praised God for what 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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