Acts 16:39

and came ¹  and apologized to them. After ²  they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly ³  to leave the city.

biblegateway Act 16:39

They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.

biblegateway Act 16:39

and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.

biblegateway Act 16:39

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

biblegateway Act 16:39

They hurried over and apologized, personally escorted them from the jail, and then asked them if they wouldn't please leave the city.

SABDAweb Act 16:39

Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

bibleoremus Act 16:39

so they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.

biblegateway Act 16:39

Then they came and pleaded with them and brought them out, and asked them to depart from the city.

biblegateway Act 16:39

and came ¹  and apologized to them. After ²  they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly ³  to leave the city.

¹ tn Grk “and coming, they apologized.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

² tn Grk “and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

³ tn The verb ἐρώτων (erwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect; the English adverb “repeatedly” brings out the iterative force in the translation.