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# General Information:
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The word "they" refers to the magistrates. All instances of "we" and "us" refer only to Paul and Silas and so are exclusive. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
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# said to them
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Probably Paul is speaking to the jailer, but he intends for the jailer to tell the magistrates what he says. Alternate translation: "said to the jailer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# They have publicly beaten us
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Here "They" refers to the magistrates who commanded their soldiers to beat them. Alternate translation: "The magistrates ordered their soldiers to beat us in public" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# without a trial, even though we are Romans citizens—and they threw us into prison
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"men who are Roman citizens, and they had their soldiers put us in jail though they had not proven in court that we were guilty"
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# Do they now want to send us away secretly? No!
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Paul uses a question to emphasize that he will not allow the magistrates to send them out the city in secret after they had mistreated Paul and Silas. Alternate translation: "I will certainly not let them send us out of the city in secret!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# Let them come themselves
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Here "themselves" is used for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rpronouns]])
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