NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 22

Acts 16:22

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The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

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Acts 16:22 in context

Acts 16:19–25

19

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

20

When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

21

and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

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The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

23

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

24

Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

25

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

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