Acts 16:22
And the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them with rods.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
21and teach customs, which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.
Cross References
Matthew 10:17But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in their synagogues;
Acts 5:40And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they scourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts 17:5But the Jews, moved with envy[17:5], having taken to them, of the idlers in the market-place, certain vicious men, and having gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them unto the people.
Acts 19:28And hearing it, they became full of wrath, and continued crying out, saying: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Acts 22:22And they heard him unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said: Away with such a one from the earth; for it was not fit that he should live.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more abundantly, in deaths often;
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:17-25
The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he… Read the whole commentary →