Acts 16:36 (KJV)

Passage

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

Nearby Context

Acts 16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

Acts 16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

Acts 16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

Acts 16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

Acts 16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "keeper", "prison", "told", "saying", "paul", "magistrates", "sent", and "therefore". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "keeper" and "prison", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "And when it was day the magistrates..." into verse 37's "But Paul said unto them They have...", so "keeper" and "prison" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "keeper" and "prison" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.