New Revised Standard Version
The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens;

Contemporary English Version
When the police told the officials that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, the officials were afraid.

New American Bible
The lictors reported these words to the magistrates, and they became alarmed when they heard that they were Roman citizens.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let us out themselves. And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid: hearing that they were Romans.

And let us out themselves. And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid: hearing that they were Romans.

and they.

Acts 22:29 Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him. The tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a Roman citizen and because he had bound him.

Matthew 14:5 And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:46 And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.