Acts 16:35-39

35Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.”

36And the jailer repeated the words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent word to release you; so come out now and go in peace.”

37But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us in public without a trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now they are sending us out secretly? No! Let them come here themselves and bring us out!”

38The officers reported this message to the chief magistrates, and when they heard that the prisoners were Romans, they were frightened;

39so they came [to the prison] and appealed to them [with apologies], and when they brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.