Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.
New American Standard Bible
and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them
King James Version
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Holman Bible
So they came and apologized to them, and escorting them out, they urged them to leave town.
International Standard Version
So the magistrates came, apologized to them, and escorted them out. Then they asked them to leave the city.
A Conservative Version
And having come they besought them, and when they brought them out, they asked them to go out of the city.
American Standard Version
and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.
Amplified
so they came [to the prison] and appealed to them [with apologies], and when they brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.
An Understandable Version
So, they came and appealed to them [to leave peacefully]. Then the authorities themselves accompanied them out [of the jail] and asked them to leave the city.
Anderson New Testament
and they came, and entreated them, and led them out,. and requested them to depart from the city.
Bible in Basic English
Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.
Common New Testament
So they came and apologized to them, and they took them out and asked them to leave the city.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so they came, and by persuasions brought them out, and desired them to leave the city.
Godbey New Testament
and having come they called for them, and leading them out, requested them to go away from their city.
Goodspeed New Testament
and came and conciliated them, and took them out of the jail, and begged them to leave the town.
John Wesley New Testament
And they came and comforted them; and conducting them out, requested that they would depart from the city.
Julia Smith Translation
And having come they besought them, and having brought out, they entreated to come out of the city.
King James 2000
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they came [and] apologized to them, and [after they] brought [them] out they asked [them] to depart from the city.
Modern King James verseion
And coming they begged them. And bringing them out, they asked them to depart out of the city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Moffatt New Testament
they went to appease them and after taking them out of prison begged them to leave the town.
Montgomery New Testament
So they came and conciliated them, and after taking them out of prison, begged them to leave the town.
NET Bible
and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
New Heart English Bible
and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
Noyes New Testament
And they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they entreated them to leave the city.
Sawyer New Testament
and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city.
The Emphasized Bible
and came, and besought them, and, leading them out, went on to request them to depart from the city.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So they came and spoke kindly to them, and fetching them out, besought them to depart from the city.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And went to the prison, and did their best to conciliate them. Then they took them out, and begged them to leave the city.
Webster
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Weymouth New Testament
Accordingly they came and apologized to them; and, bringing them out, asked them to leave the city.
Williams New Testament
and came and pleaded with them, and took them out and begged them to leave town.
World English Bible
and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
Worrell New Testament
and, coming, they besought them; and, leading them forth, they kept asking them to go away from the city.
Worsley New Testament
And they came and intreated them, and when they had brought them out, they desired them to leave the city.
Youngs Literal Translation
and having come, they besought them, and having brought them forth, they were asking them to go forth from the city;
Themes
Criminals » Confined in prisons
Missionary journeys » Ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
Paul » Is released by the civil authorities on the grounds of his being a roman citizen
Paul's » First - with barnabas and john mark ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
Select readings » Paul and silas in prison
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Paul and silas, of the magistrates of philippi
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 16:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul And Silas Receive An Official Apology
38 And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans. 39 And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city. 40 And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.
Cross References
Matthew 8:34
And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to go away out of their coasts.
Exodus 11:8
And all these thy bondmen shall come down unto me, and bow down to me, saying, Go out, thou, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a glowing anger.
Isaiah 45:14
Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall walk after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, no other God. ...
Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.
Isaiah 60:14
And the children of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Daniel 6:16
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will save thee.
Daniel 6:23
Thereupon was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
Micah 7:9-10
I will bear the indignation of Jehovah for I have sinned against him until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.
Mark 5:17
And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.
Revelation 3:9
Behold, I make them of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie; behold, I will cause that they shall come and shall do homage before thy feet, and shall know that I have loved thee.