使徒行传 16:39

Chinese Union (Simplified)

於 是 来 劝 他 们 ， 领 他 们 出 来 ， 请 他 们 离 开 那 城 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
於是來請求他們，領他們出監之後，就請他們離開那城。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

came: Exodus 11:8, Isaiah 45:14, Isaiah 49:23, Isaiah 60:14, Micah 7:9, Micah 7:10, Revelation 3:9

and brought: Daniel 6:16, Daniel 6:23

and desired: Matthew 8:34, Mark 5:17

Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:19 - General Isaiah 41:11 - all they Amos 7:12 - go Luke 4:34 - Let us alone Luke 8:37 - besought Acts 22:29 - the chief Acts 26:17 - Delivering 2 Corinthians 6:8 - honour

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they came,.... To the prison in person, as Paul had insisted on they should:

and besought them; that they would put up the injury that had been done them, and quietly depart out of prison:

and brought them out; that is, out of prison; took them by the arms, and led them out, as they had put them in, which was what the apostle required:

and desired them to depart out of the city; lest there should be any further disturbance about them: in Beza's most ancient copy, and in another manuscript copy, this verse is read thus, and which more clearly explains the passage;

"and they came with many friends unto the prison, and desired them to go out, saying, we are not ignorant of your case, that you are righteous men; and bringing them out they besought them, saying, go out of this city, lest they (the people) should turn again upon you, crying against you;''

which looks as if they took along with them some persons, who were friends to the apostles as well as to them, to prevail upon them to depart quietly; and they excuse themselves by attributing what had passed to popular rage and fury, and pretend they consulted the safety of the apostles, by desiring them to go out of the city.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they came and besought them - A most humiliating act for Roman magistrates, but in this case it was unavoidable. The apostles had them completely in their power, and could easily effect their disgrace and ruin. Probably they besought them by declaring them innocent; by affirming that they were ignorant that they were Roman citizens, etc.

And desired them to depart ... - Probably:

(1) To save their own character, and be secure from their taking any further steps to convict the magistrates of violating the laws; and,

(2) To evade any further popular tumult on their account. This advice Paul and Silas saw fit to comply with, after they had seen and comforted the brethren, Acts 16:40. They had accomplished their main purpose in going to Philippi; they had preached the gospel; they had laid the foundation of a flourishing church (compare the Epistle to the Philippians); and they were now prepared to prosecute the purpose of their agency into surrounding regions. Thus, the opposition of the people and the magistrates at Philippi was the occasion of the founding of the church there, and thus their unkind and inhospitable request that they should leave them was the means of the extension of the gospel into adjacent regions.