ACTS 16:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.”
After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the believers and encouraged them. Then they left — the return to Lydia's home represents a return to the mission's legitimate point of contact (she was the first European convert). The encouragement (parakaleo) of believers confirms the nascent church despite persecution, and their departure establishes the Philippian church independent of the apostles' ongoing presence.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:38
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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