• Acts 16:37
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 37 ὁ The δὲ but Παῦλος Paul ἔφη said πρὸς toward αὐτούς them Δείραντες Having flayed ἡμᾶς us δημοσίᾳ to public [place] ἀκατακρίτους, uncondemned, ἀνθρώπους men Ῥωμαίους Romans ὑπάρχοντας, existing, ἔβαλαν they threw εἰς into φυλακήν· prison; καὶ and νῦν now λάθρᾳ secretly ἡμᾶς us ἐκβάλλουσιν; they are throwing out? οὐ Not γάρ, for, ἀλλὰ but ἐλθόντες having come αὐτοὶ they ἡμᾶς us ἐξαγαγέτωσαν. let them lead out.

  • Acts 16:37
    The Bible in Living English

    • 37 But Paul said “They beat us publicly without a sentence and threw us into prison, when we were Roman nationals, and now they are turning us out privately! I should say not! let them come themselves and fetch us out.”

  • Acts 16:37
    American Standard Version

    • 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

  • Acts 16:37
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 37 But Paul said unto them—Beating us in public uncondemned men that are Romans they thrust us into prison;—And now by stealth are they thrusting us forth? Nay, verily! but let them come themselves and lead us out!

  • Acts 16:37
    King James Version

    • 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 16:37

      we are Romans: That is, Roman citizens. Paul and apparently also Silas were Roman citizens. Roman law stated that a citizen was always entitled to a proper trial and was never to be punished in public uncondemned. Roman citizenship entitled a person to certain rights and privileges wherever he went in the empire. A Roman citizen was subject to Roman law, not to the laws of provincial cities. When accused, he could agree to be tried according to local law; yet, he still retained the right to be heard by a Roman tribunal. In the case of a capital offense, he had the right to appeal to the emperor. The apostle Paul preached extensively throughout the Roman Empire. He made use of his rights as a Roman citizen on three recorded occasions. The first is here in Philippi when he informed the Philippian magistrates that they had infringed on his rights by beating him.​—For the other two occasions, see study notes on Ac 22:25; 25:11.