Acts 16
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Acts 16:20-23

20and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble,

21and they 1are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are 2Romans.”

22The crowd joined in an attack 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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