Acts 16:39

An Official Apology

38So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.

  • Scripture
  • Sermons
  • Commentary
Berean Standard Bible
They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
American Standard Version (1901)
and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.
Bible in Basic English
Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And coming, they besought them; and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.
Free Bible Version
and went to apologize to them. They escorted them out and begged them to leave town.
Geneva Bible 1599
Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.
King James (Authorized) Version
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Plain English Version
So the judges came and talked easy to Paul and Silas. They said, “We are sorry about what happened yesterday.” Then they took Paul and Silas out of that jail, and they kept on asking Paul and Silas to leave that town soon.
Translation for Translators
So the city authorities came to Paul and Silas and told them that they were sorry for what they had done to them. The authorities brought them out of the jail, and repeatedly asked them to leave the city soon.
Unlocked Literal Bible
The magistrates came and apologized to them and brought them out, asking them them to go away from the city.
Noah Webster Bible
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
World English Bible
and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
Young's Literal Translation
and having come, they besought them, and having brought [them] forth, they were asking [them] to go forth from the city;