Bible Verse

by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”

Acts 16:21

When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.”

Acts 16:35

But Paul said to the officers: “They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”

Acts 16:37

The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.