King James Version
Acts 16:39 in the King James Version says “And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.”
Acts 16:39 · KJV
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.
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“they came”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“and besought”
G3870to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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