As you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar.

The crowd joined against them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

But when it was day, the magistrates sent their police, saying, "Release those men."

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace."

The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.