Acts 16:37 meaning and explanation
But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
Acts 16:37, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul and Silas had been beaten with rods and jailed in Philippi without a trial, and the magistrates now want them released quietly. Paul tells the officers that he and Silas are Roman citizens, a status that made such public beating and imprisonment unlawful.
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