Acts 16:38
And the *serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they xfeared, when they heard that they were Romans.
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
NKJV: And the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.
ESV: The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.
ἀνήγγειλαν δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα· καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσι,
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serjeants-officers carrying a staff as a symbol of office.
x:
Acts 22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
John 11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
John 19:8 ¶When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
Matthew 14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matthew 21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Matthew 26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.