# Acts 16.40 **Book:** [Acts](/codex/acts/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 38. And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans; 39. and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city. > > **40. 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.** (Acts 16:38-40, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 38. The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, 39. and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city. > > **40. They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.** (Acts 16:38-40, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 38. And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. 39. And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. > > **40. 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.** (Acts 16:38-40, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 38. And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans, 39. and having come, they besought them, and having brought [them] forth, they were asking [them] to go forth from the city; > > **40. and they, having gone forth out of the prison, entered into [the house of] Lydia, and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.** (Acts 16:38-40, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Church at Philippi](/codex/church-at-philippi/), via [Acts 16.11-40](/codex/acts-16-11-40/), [Acts 16.35-40](/codex/acts-16-35-40/) - [Churches the Disciples Started](/codex/churches-the-disciples-started/), via [Acts 16.11-40](/codex/acts-16-11-40/) - [Thyatira Dyers Inscriptions](/codex/thyatira-dyers-inscriptions/) **People:** - [Lydia of Thyatira](/codex/lydia-of-thyatira/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.