Acts 16:35-40

³⁵Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.” ³⁶And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent word that you be released. So come out now and go in peace.” ³⁷But Paul said to them, “After beating us in public without due process—men who are Romans—they threw us into prison; and now they are releasing us secretly? No indeed! On the contrary, let them come in person and lead us out.” ³⁸The officers reported these words to the chief magistrates. And they became fearful when they heard that they were Romans, ³⁹and they came and pleaded with them, and when they had led them out, they repeatedly asked them to leave the city. ⁴⁰They left the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brothers and sisters, they encouraged them and departed.