Acts 16:35 (GNV)

Passage

And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

Nearby Context

Acts 16:33 Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.

Acts 16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.

Acts 16:35 And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

Acts 16:36 Then the keeper of the prison tolde these woordes vnto Paul, saying, The gouerness haue sent to loose you: nowe therefore get you hence, and goe in peace.

Acts 16:37 Then sayde Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncodemned, which are Romanes, they haue cast vs into prison, and nowe would they put vs out priuily? nay verely: but let them come and bring vs out.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gouernours", "sent", "sergeants", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gouernours" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "And when he had brought them into..." into verse 36's "Then the keeper of the prison tolde...", so "gouernours" and "sent" 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 "gouernours" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.