Verse Lens · Context pointer
Acts 16:39 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 39. 39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
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Role in This Section
Has officials personally urge departure from the city.
Read It With
- Acts 16:35–16:40
Read Acts 16:39 with 16:35–16:40. In isolation, this contribution—has officials personally urge departure from the city—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: When magistrates order quiet release, Paul invokes Roman citizenship and the illegality of uncondemned public beating; the officials apologize, escort the missionaries out, and the team encourages Lydia's household before leaving.
Continue in Context
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Read Acts 16:35–16:40 — Paul demands public accountability before departureSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 16:35–16:40, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 16:35-16:40
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