Acts 16:22
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New International Version (©1984)
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.

New Living Translation (©2007)
A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

International Standard Version (©2008)
The crowd joined in the attack against them. Then the magistrates had Paul and Silas stripped of their clothes and ordered them beaten with rods.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas. Then the officials tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered [the guards] to beat them with sticks.

King James Bible
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

American King James Version
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

American Standard Version
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people ran together against them; and the magistrates rending off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.

Darby Bible Translation
And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

English Revised Version
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the multitude rose together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

Weymouth New Testament
The crowd, too, joined in the outcry against them, till at length the praetors ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods;

World English Bible
The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

Young's Literal Translation
And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,

Geneva Study Bible

{14} And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

(14) An example of evil magistrates, to obey the fury and rage of the people.

People's New Testament

16:22 The multitude rose up together against them. Inflamed with prejudice.

The magistrates. Without inquiry, influenced by the outcries of the throng.

Rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. They ordered them at once to be scourged. The lictors, the executioners, were at hand. The Roman custom was to lay bare the body and to beat it with the rods borne by the lictors. Paul says, Thrice was I beaten with rods (2Co 11:25).

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

22. the multitude rose up together against them-so Ac 19:28, 34; 21:30; Lu 23:18.

the magistrates rent off their-Paul's and Silas'

clothes-that is, ordered the lictors, or rod-bearers, to tear them off, so as to expose their naked bodies (see on [2035]Ac 16:37). The word expresses the roughness with which this was done to prisoners preparatory to whipping.

and commanded to beat them-without any trial (Ac 16:37), to appease the popular rage. Thrice, it seems, Paul endured this indignity (2Co 11:25).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:16-24 Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false preachers of the gospel, who are confounded with them by careless observers. Those who do good by drawing men from sin, may expect to be reviled as troublers of the city. While they teach men to fear God, to believe in Christ, to forsake sin, and to live godly lives, they will be accused of teaching bad customs.


2 Corinthians 11:25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.
1 Thessalonians 2:2 but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. (NASB ©1995)

Attacking Authorities Beat Beaten Chief Clothes Clothing Commanded Crowd Garments Joined Length Magistrates Multitude Order Ordered Outcry Paul Praetors Proceeded Rent Robes Rods Rose Silas Stripped Together Tore Torn

And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

the multitude. 17:5 18:12 19:28 *etc: 21:30,31 22:22,23

the magistrates. 37 5:40 22:24-26 Mt 10:17 27:26 2Co 6:5 11:23-25 1Th 2:2 Heb 11:36 1Pe 2:24

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