Acts 16:35

When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

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KJV

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

ASV

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

YLT

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

DBT

And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

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And when it was day, the magistrates sent officers. Officers were called those who were in charge of punishing the guilty. Hence in Greek they are called ῥαβδοῦχοι, from the rod, because the Greeks call a rod ῥάβδον, of which Hilary mentions in the exposition …

Bede· Retractions on Acts, 735patristic

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And when it was day,....

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

And when it was day ... - It is evident from the narrative that it was not contemplated at first to release them so soon, Act 16:22-24. But it is not known what produced this change of purpose in the magistrates. It is probable, however, that they had been brought to reflection, somewhat as the jailor had, by the earthquake, and that their consciences had been troubled by the fact, that in order to please the multitude, they had caused strangers to be beaten and imprisoned without trial and contrary to the Roman laws.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

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Acts 5:40
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
Acts 4:21
After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Psalms 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
Joshua 4:17
So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
Jeremiah 20:3
The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

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Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves…
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- Psalms 104:9
  You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
- Job 38:10–11
  when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Job 26:10
  He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Psalms 119:120
  My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Proverbs 8:29
  when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
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Acts 4:21
After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
leads to
- Acts 5:26
  At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
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Psalms 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
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- Romans 9:17
  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
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Acts 5:40
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
leads to
- Matthew 10:17
  But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

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