Acts 16:38 meaning and explanation
So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
Acts 16:38, Berean Standard Bible
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The magistrates in Philippi had ordered Paul and Silas beaten and jailed without a trial, and now the officers bring back Paul's claim that both men are Roman citizens. That news alarms them, because Roman law protected citizens from public flogging and from being bound before a hearing, and officials who ignored those rights could be removed from office or worse.
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