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Acts 16:20-22
American Standard Version
Acts 16:20-22
American Standard Version
20 and when they had brought them unto the [a]magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans. 22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the [b]magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
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- Acts 16:20 Greek praetors: compare verses 22, 35, 36, 38.
- Acts 16:22 Greek praetors. See verse 20.
Acts 16:20-22
New International Version
Acts 16:20-22
New International Version
20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar(A) 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans(B) to accept or practice.”(C)
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.(D)
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