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Acts 16:35-37
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Paul and Silas Receive an Official Apology

35 And when it[a] was day, the chief magistrates sent the police officers, saying, “Release those men.” 36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The chief magistrates have sent an order[b] that you should be released. So come out now and[c] go in peace!” 37 But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without due process—men who are Roman citizens—and[d] threw us[e] into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves and[f] bring us out!”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:35 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  2. Acts 16:36 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 16:36 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Acts 16:37 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“beat”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Acts 16:37 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Acts 16:37 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come”) has been translated as a finite verb
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