ACTS 16:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
They came and apologized to them and brought them out, and asked them to leave the city — the magistrates' apology (deomai, to beseech) and personal escort (exercises, to lead out) reverse the earlier violence, with the request to depart (chōreō ek tēs poleōs) attempting to remove the source of legal liability.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them Acts 16:37: that he may not seem to be receiving his liberty as one condemned, and as one that has done wrong: therefore it is that he says, Having openly beaten us uncondemned, etc.— that it may not be matter of grace on their part. (e) And besides, they wish the jailer himself to be out of danger, that he may not be called to account for this afterwards. And they do not say, Having beaten us, who have wrought miracles: for they (the magistrates) did…
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