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Acts 16:22
“The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.”
Verse in context — Acts 16
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When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
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and set forth 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 off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
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who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
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