Acts 16
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 16:20-23

20and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

21and 1are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being 2Romans.”

22The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their 3robes off them and proceeded to order 4them to be 5beaten with rods.

23When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding 6the jailer to guard them securely;

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 16:21 Esth 3:8 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 16:21 Acts 16:12 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 16:22 Or outer garments ↩
  4. 4. Acts 16:22 Lit to beat with rods ↩
  5. 5. Acts 16:22 2 Cor 11:25; 1 Thess 2:2 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 16:23 Acts 16:27, 36 ↩

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