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Acts 16:22
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Things got nasty really quick. Paul and Silas were arrested, stripped naked, and beaten with axe handles.
The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
And the crowd joined together to attack them, and the chief magistrates, tearing their garments off of them, proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.
And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them].
Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
Then the mob joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
And the multitude rose up together against them; and the pretors tearing off their garments, commanded to beat them with rods.
The crowd, too, joined in the outcry against them, till at length the praetors ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods;
And the multitude rose vp together against them, and the Magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beate them.
And the crowd rose up against them. And tearing off their clothes, the magistrates ordered men to flog them .
And the people rane on them, and the officers rente their clothes, and comaunded them to be beaten with roddes.
The crowd also joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and ordered that Paul and Silas be beaten with rods.
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
And the people ranne on them and the officers rent their clothes and comaunded them to be beaten with roddes.
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
And the multitude rose together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them].
And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat [them] with rods,
The crowd joined the attack against them. The Roman officers tore the clothes of Paul and Silas and had them beaten with rods.
The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
The crowd joined in the attack on Paul and Silas. Then the officials tore the clothes off the two men and ordered them to be beaten with a whip.
The mob joined in the attack against them, and the judges tore their clothes off them and ordered that they be flogged.
The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.
And a large crowd gathered against them. Then the soldiers stripped them of their clothes and gave command to scourge them.
The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
The crowd joined in the attack against them. Then the magistrates had them stripped of their clothes and ordered them beaten with sticks.2 Corinthians 6:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:2;">[xr]
And a great gathering assembled against them. Then the prefects rent their vestments, and commanded to scourge them.
And a great company was collected against them. Then the prefects rent their garments, and commanded to scourge them.
A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.
Many people had gathered around Paul and Silas. They were calling out things against them. The leaders had the clothes of Paul and Silas taken off and had them beaten with sticks.
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
And the multitude rose up together against them, and, the magistrates, rending off them their mantles, were giving orders to beat them with rods;
And the people ran together against them: and the magistrates, rending off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
And the crowd joined in attacking them, and the chief magistrates tore off their clothing and gave orders to beat them with rods.
And the people ran agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.
The whole crowd turned against Paul and Silas. The officials tore the clothes off both men and ordered that they be beaten with rods.
The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
And the crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas. Then the officials tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be whipped.
And the puple `and magistratis runnen ayens hem, and when thei hadden to-rente the cootis of hem, thei comaundiden hem to be betun with yerdis.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the multitude: Acts 17:5, Acts 18:12, Acts 19:28-41, Acts 21:30, Acts 21:31, Acts 22:22, Acts 22:23
the magistrates: Acts 16:37, Acts 5:40, Acts 22:24-26, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 27:26, 2 Corinthians 6:5, 2 Corinthians 11:23-25, 1 Thessalonians 2:2, Hebrews 11:36, 1 Peter 2:24
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:2 - General Psalms 2:1 - rage Psalms 83:2 - lo Jeremiah 12:6 - yea Jeremiah 20:2 - smote Jeremiah 37:15 - the princes Luke 21:12 - before John 19:1 - scourged 2 Corinthians 11:25 - I beaten
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the multitude rose up together against them,.... The crowd of people that were gathered together in the court on this occasion; being no doubt spirited up by the proprietors of the maid, out of whom the spirit of divination was cast, and encouraged by the rulers, and being provoked at the hearing of unlawful customs being introduced among them;
and the magistrates rent off their clothes; not their own clothes, as did the high priest, Mark 14:63 but the clothes of Paul and Silas; and so reads the Arabic version, "and the rulers rent the garments of both of them"; which removes the ambiguity in the words; for at the whipping or beating of malefactors, they did not pluck off their garments, but rent and tore them off, and so whipped or beat them naked: this was the custom with the Jews m; it is asked,
"how did they whip anyone? his hands are bound to a pillar here and there, and the minister of the synagogue (or the executioner) takes hold of his clothes; and if they are rent, they are rent, and if they are ripped, they are ripped, (be it as it will,) until he has made his breast bare, c.''
And in like manner the Lectors, or executioners among the Romans, used to tear the garments of malefactors, when they beat them this the magistrates themselves did here, unless they may be said to do it, because they ordered it to be done, as follows:
and commanded to beat them; that is, with rods: this was one of the three times the apostle was beat in this manner, 2 Corinthians 11:25 and of this shameful treatment at Philippi, he makes mention in 1 Thessalonians 2:2.
m Misn. Maccot, c. 3. sect. 12. & Maimon. Hilchot Sanhedrin c. 16. sect. 8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the multitude ... - It is evident that this was done in a popular tumult, and without even the form of law. Of this Paul afterward justly complained, as it was a violation of the privileges of a Roman citizen, and contrary to the laws. See the notes on Acts 16:37. It was one instance in which people affect great zeal for the honor of the Law, and yet are among the first to disregard it.
And the magistrates - Acts 16:20. They who should have been their protectors until they had had a fair trial according to law.
Rent off their clothes - This was always done when one was to be scourged or whipped. The criminal was usually stripped entirely naked. Livy says (ii. 5), “The lictors, being sent to inflict punishment, beat them with rods, being naked.” Cicero, against Verres, says, “He commanded the man to be seized, and to be stripped naked in the midst of the forum, and to be bound, and rods to be brought.”
And commanded to beat them - ῥαβδίζειν rabdizein. To beat them with rods. This was done by lictors, whose office it was, and was a common mode of punishment among the Romans. Probably Paul alludes to this as one of the instances which occurred in his life of his being publicly scourged, when he says 2 Corinthians 11:25, “Thrice was I beaten with rods.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 16:22. The multitude rose up together — There was a general outcry against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes, and delivered them to the mob, commanding the lictors, or beadles, to beat them with rods, ραβδιζειν. This was the Roman custom of treating criminals, as Grotius has well remarked.
