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Acts 16:38-40
New English Translation

38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas[a] were Roman citizens[b] 39 and came[c] and apologized to them. After[d] they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly[e] to leave the city. 40 When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then[f] departed.

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  1. Acts 16:38 tn Grk “heard they”; the referents (Paul and Silas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Acts 16:38 sn Roman citizens. This fact was disturbing to the officials because due process was a right for a Roman citizen, well established in Roman law. To flog a Roman citizen was considered an abomination. Such punishment was reserved for noncitizens.
  3. Acts 16:39 tn Grk “and coming, they apologized.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elthontes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
  4. Acts 16:39 tn Grk “and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
  5. Acts 16:39 tn The verb ἐρώτων (erōtōn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect; the English adverb “repeatedly” brings out the iterative force in the translation.
  6. Acts 16:40 tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to clarify the logical sequence in the translation.
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