Acts 16:38

New International Version

The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.

Cross References

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.

Matthew 21:46

They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.

Luke 12:11

“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

Acts 16:35

When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.”

Acts 22:29

Those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.