Acts 16:37

Easy To Read Version

But Paul said to the soldiers, “Your leaders did not prove that we did wrong. But they beat us in front of the people and put us in jail. We are Roman citizens, {\cf2\super [342]} \{so we have rights\}. Now the leaders want to make us go quietly. No! The leaders must come and bring us out!”

Cross References

Psalm 94:20

God, you don’t help crooked judges.\par Those bad judges use the law\par to make life hard for the people.\par

Proverbs 28:1

Evil people are afraid of everything. But a good person is as brave as a lion.

Matthew 1:19

Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to bring shame to Mary before the people. So he planned to divorce her secretly.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be smart like snakes. But also be like doves and do nothing wrong.

Luke 23:16

So, after I punish him a little, I will let him go free.”