And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
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Interpretation
Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under the charge of having deserved wrongful punishment, and therefore required to be dismissed in an honourable manner.
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This thought runs through Acts 16:35-39.