Acts 16:35-39

35The next morning the city officials sent the police to tell the jailer, “Let those men go!”

36So the jailer told Paul, “The city officials have said you and Silas are free to leave. Go in peace.”

37But Paul replied, “They have publicly beaten us without a trial and put us in prison—and we are Roman citizens. So now they want us to leave secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves to release us!”

38When the police reported this, the city officials were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

39So they came to the jail and apologized to them. Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city.