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Acts 16:37 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verse 37
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.Acts 16:37 · King James Version
Acts 16:37 in context
35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uncondemnedakatakritosuncondemned, punished without being triedG178 →
- beatenderōto flay, skin, to beat, thrash, smiteG1194 →
- openlydēmosiosbelonging to the people or state, public, publicly, in public places, in full view of allG1219 →
- Romansrhōmaiosa resident of the city of Rome, a Roman citizenG4514 →
- Romansanthrōposa human being, whether male or female, generically, to include all human individuals, to…G444 →
- prisonphylakēguard, watch, a watching, keeping watch, to keep watch, persons keeping watch, a guard…G5438 →
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In these verses we have, I. Orders sent for the discharge of Paul and Silas out of prison Act 16:35, Act 16:36. 1. The magistrates that had so basely abused them the day before gave the orders;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 35-40