Parallel Verses New International Version The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace." King James Bible And 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. Darby Bible Translation And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace. World English Bible The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace." Young's Literal Translation and the jailor told these words unto Paul -- 'The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;' Acts 16:36 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd the magistrates sent the sergeants - The original word, ῥαβδουχους, means the lictors, persons who carried before the consul the fasces, which was a hatchet, round the handle of which was a bundle of rods tied. Why the magistrates should have sent an order to dismiss the apostles, whom they had so barbarously used the preceding evening, we cannot tell, unless we receive the reading of the Codex Bezae as genuine, viz. Ἡμερας δε γενομενης, συνηλθον οἱ Ϛρατηγοι επι το αυτο εις την αγοραν, και αναμνησθεντες τον σεισμον τον γεγοντα, εφοβηθησαν, και απεϚειλαν τους ῥαβδουχους κ. τ. λ. And when it was day, the magistrates came together into the court, And Remembering the Earthquake that Had Happened, they were afraid, and they sent the sergeants, etc. The Itala version of this same MS. has the same reading: so has also the margin of the later Syriac. If this MS. be correct, the cause of the dismissal of the apostles is at once evident: the earthquake had alarmed the magistrates; and, taking it for granted that this was a token of the Divine displeasure against them for their unprincipled conduct towards those good men, they wished to get as quietly rid of the business as they could, and therefore sent to dismiss the apostles. Whether this reading be genuine or not, it is likely that it gives the true cause of the magistrates' conduct. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and go. Judges 18:6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein you go. 1 Samuel 29:7 Why now return, and go in peace, that you displease not the lords of the Philistines. 2 Kings 5:19 And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. Library Paul at Philippi'And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate, by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which were come together.' --ACTS xvi. 13 (R.V.). This is the first record of the preaching of the Gospel in Europe, and probably the first instance of it. The fact that the vision of the man of Macedonia was needed in order to draw the Apostle across the straits into Macedonia, and the great length at which the incidents at Philippi are … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts The Great Question and the Plain Answer Measures to Promote Revivals. The Missionary on the Sea Shore. Cross References Mark 5:34 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." Acts 15:33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. Acts 16:23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. Acts 16:27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. Acts 16:35 When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men." Jump to Previous Authorities Chief Depart Forth Go Jailer Keeper Magistrates Ordered Orders Paul Peace Praetors Prison Proceed Release Released Reported Silas Way Word WordsJump to Next Authorities Chief Depart Forth Go Jailer Keeper Magistrates Ordered Orders Paul Peace Praetors Prison Proceed Release Released Reported Silas Way Word WordsLinks Acts 16:36 NIVActs 16:36 NLT Acts 16:36 ESV Acts 16:36 NASB Acts 16:36 KJV Acts 16:36 Bible Apps Acts 16:36 Biblia Paralela Acts 16:36 Chinese Bible Acts 16:36 French Bible Acts 16:36 German Bible Acts 16:36 Commentaries Bible Hub |