Acts 16:39
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And coming, they besought them: and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

came.

Exodus 11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and shall worship me, saying: Go forth thou, and all the people that is under thee: after that we will go out.

Isaiah 45:14 Thus saith the Lord: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come over to thee, and shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall worship thee, and shall make supplication to thee: only in thee is God, and there is no God besides thee.

Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him.

Isaiah 60:14 And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel.

Micah 7:9,10 I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him: until he judge my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice. . . .

Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and adore before thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee.

and brought.

Daniel 6:16,23 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of the lions. And the king said to Daniel: Thy God, whom thou always servest, he will deliver thee. . . .

and desired.

Matthew 8:34 And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.

Mark 5:17 And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts.

Context
An Official Apology
38And let us out themselves. And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid: hearing that they were Romans. 39And coming, they besought them: and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city. 40And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia: and having seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.…
Cross References
Matthew 8:34
And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.

Mark 5:17
And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts.

Lexicon
They came
ἐλθόντες (elthontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

to appease
παρεκάλεσαν (parekalesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

them
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

led them out,
ἐξαγαγόντες (exagagontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1806: To lead out, sometimes to death, execution. From ek and ago; to lead forth.

requesting
ἠρώτων (ērōtōn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

that they leave
ἀπελθεῖν (apelthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

city.
πόλεως (poleōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.


Additional Translations
They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.

And having come, they appealed to them, and having brought them out, they were asking them to go out of the city.

And they came and sought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

Accordingly they came and apologized to them; and, bringing them out, asked them to leave the city.

and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

and having come, they besought them, and having brought them forth, they were asking them to go forth from the city;
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