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.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Even upon the declaration of the magistrates Paul does not go out, but for the sake both of Lydia and the rest he puts them in fear: that they may not be supposed to have come out upon their own request, that they may set the rest in a posture of boldness. The impeachment was twofold: that being Romans, and uncondemned, they had openly cast them into prison. You see that in many things they took their measures as men.
