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Acts 16:36

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 16:36 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the jailor reported the words to Paul, [saying], The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the jailor reported the words to Paul, [saying], The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.
Acts 16:36 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
34And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.
35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
36And the jailor reported the words to Paul, [saying], The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.
37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.
38And the sergeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
39and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the keeper of the prison told this, saying to Paul, etc.] The Ethiopic version adds, “and to Silas”; this was the same person with the jailer, whom Paul had baptized; and indeed, the same word is here used, though a little differently rendered, who no doubt reported this message to Paul with great joy: the magistrates have sent to let you go; they have sent an order to let you out of prison: now therefore depart, and go in peace; which expresses the jailer’s pleasure of mind, and joy of heart, in executing his orders; and his sincere and hearty wishes for peace and prosperity to go along with them wherever they went, who had been instrumental of so much good to him and his family.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“the keeper--overjoyed to have such orders to execute. told this . . . to Paul . . . now therefore . . . go in peace--Very differently did Paul receive such orders.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“and go: Act 15:33; Exo 4:18; Jdg 18:6; Sa1 1:17, Sa1 20:42, Sa1 25:35, Sa1 29:7; Kg2 5:19; Mar 5:34; Joh 14:27 Acts 16:37”
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