Acts 16:39
Good News Translation
So they went and apologized to them; then they led them out of the prison and asked them to leave the city.

New Revised Standard Version
so they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.

Contemporary English Version
So they came and apologized. They led them out of the jail and asked them to please leave town.

New American Bible
So they came and placated them, and led them out and asked that they leave the city.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And coming, they besought them: and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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