Acts 16:38 KJV
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
Acts 16:38, King James Version
In context
37 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.
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.