20 [a]And brought them to the governors, saying, These men which are Jews trouble our city,

21 [b]And preach ordinances, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, seeing we are Romans.

22 [c]The people also rose up together against them, and the governors rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:20 Covetousness pretendeth a desire of common peace and godliness.
  2. Acts 16:21 It is an argument of the devil, to urge the authority of ancestors without any distinction.
  3. Acts 16:22 An Example of evil Magistrates to obey the fury and rage of the people.

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