King James Version (KJV)

Acts 16:22

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

Verse in context — Acts 16

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

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

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

The birth and growth of the early church through the power of the Holy Spirit.