Acts 16:35-40 - Paul And Silas Receive An Official Apology
35 In the morning the magistrates sent policemen with instructions to let the men go.
36 The jailer reported this message to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders that you are to be released. So you can take your leave and go unmolested."
37 But Paul said to them, "They had us beaten in public without giving us a trial, and put us in jail, although we are Roman citizens! And now are they going to dismiss us secretly? By no means! Have them come here themselves and take us out!"
38 The policemen delivered this message to the magistrates, and they were alarmed when they heard that they were Roman citizens, 39 and came and conciliated them, and took them out of the jail, and begged them to leave the town. 40 After leaving the jail they went to Lydia's house, and saw the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left the town.