Bible Verses About Paul: Is released by the civil authorities on the ground of his being a Roman citizen

And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, `Let those men go;'

and the jailor told these words unto Paul--`The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;'

and Paul said to them, `Having beaten us publicly uncondemned--men, Romans being--they did cast us to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'

And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,

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

in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a night and a day in the deep I have passed;

but having both suffered before, and having been injuriously treated (as ye have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the good news of God in much conflict,