A moment in scripture
Acts 16:22
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And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
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The surrounding passage
- Acts 16:20
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
- Acts 16:21
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
- Acts 16:23
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
- Acts 16:24
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.