Acts 16:37-39

New Catholic Bible

³⁷ But Paul said to the officers, “We are Roman citizens. They gave us a public beating and threw us into prison without a trial. And now they are going to release us secretly. Absolutely not! Let them come in person and escort us out themselves.”

³⁸ The officers reported Paul’s words, and the magistrates became alarmed when they learned that those men were Roman citizens. ³⁹ So they came and apologized to them, then escorted them out and begged them to leave the city.