Acts 16:38

Weymouth NT

This answer the lictors took back to the praetors, who were alarmed when they were told that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

Cross References

Matthew 14:5

And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet.

Matthew 21:46

but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.

Luke 12:11

And when they are bringing you before synagogues and magistrates and governors, do not anxiously ponder the manner or matter of your defence, nor what you are to say;

Acts 16:35

In the morning the praetors sent their lictors with the order, »Release those men.«

Acts 22:29

So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.