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20 And having brought them to the magistrates[a], they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews. 21 And they are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to be accepting nor to be doing, being Romans”. 22 And the crowd rose up together against them. And the magistrates, having torn-off their[b] garments, were giving-orders to beat them with rods[c].

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:20 That is, the two Roman governors of the colony.
  2. Acts 16:22 That is, those of Paul and Silas.
  3. Acts 16:22 This was a Roman method of punishment, carried out by the officers in v 35.

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