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An Official Apology

Acts 16:35

In 9 translations

BSB
When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
KJV
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
WEB
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”
ASV
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
LSV
And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, “Let those men go”;
YLT
And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, 'Let those men go;'
DBY
And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.
DRC
And when the day was come, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
GNV
And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἡμέρας δὲ γενομένης ἀπέστειλαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ τοὺς ῥαβδούχους λέγοντες· Ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνους.
RP2018
Ἡμέρας δὲ γενομένης, ἀπέστειλαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ τοὺς ῥαβδούχους λέγοντες, Ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνους.
TR-Boyd
Ἡμέρας δὲ γενομένης, ἀπέστειλαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ τοὺς ῥαβδούχους λέγοντες, Ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνους.
SCR1894
ημερας δε γενομενης απεστειλαν οι στρατηγοι τους ραβδουχους λεγοντες απολυσον τους ανθρωπους εκεινους

Who and where

◆ Second Missionary Journey◆ Paul and Silas released

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 5:40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
  • Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
  • Acts 4:21After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
  • Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but…

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