The officers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.
When Herod would have put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they counted him as a prophet.
But as they tried to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they held Him as a prophet.
“When they bring you to the synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not be anxious how you will answer or what you will say.
When it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Release those men.”
Therefore those who were about to examine Paul immediately backed away from him. And the commander feared, knowing that he was a Roman citizen, and because he had bound him.