Acts 16:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ The police reported this message to the magistrates, and they were frightened when they heard that the prisoners were Roman citizens;

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;

Common English Bible

³⁸ The police reported this to the legal authorities, who were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ and let us drive them away." Then the attendants reported these words to the magistrates. And upon hearing that they were Romans, they were afraid.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ And let us out themselves. And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid, hearing that they were Romans.

Acts 16:38 Cross References

Matthew 14:5

Though Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:46

They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.

Luke 12:11

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you will answer or what you are to say,

Acts 16:35

When morning came, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.”

Acts 22:29

Immediately those who were about to examine him drew back from him, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman and that he had bound him.