Acts 16:37
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? no verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
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Context
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? no verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
39 And they came and besought them, and brought out, and desired to depart out of the city.