Acts 16:35-39

35When daylight came, the chief magistrates sent the police to say, “Release those men.”

36The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

37But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to send us away secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out.”

38The police reported these words to the magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

39So they came to appease them, and escorting them from prison, they urged them to leave town.