Acts 16:35-40 - Paul And Silas Receive An Official Apology
35 And [when it] was day, the chief magistrates sent the police officers, saying, "Release those men."
36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul: "The chief magistrates have sent [an order] that you should be released. So come out now [and] go in peace!"
37 But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public without due process--men who are Roman citizens--[and] threw [us] into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves [and] bring us out!"
38 So the police officers reported these words to the chief magistrates, and they were afraid [when they] heard that they were Roman citizens. 39 And they came [and] apologized to them, and [after they] brought [them] out they asked [them] to depart from the city. 40 And [when they] came out of the prison, they went to Lydia and [when they] saw [them], they encouraged the brothers and departed.