Acts 16:22
And a great gathering assembled against them. Then the prefects rent their vestments, and commanded to scourge them.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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Matthew 10:17But beware of the sons of men; for, delivering you to the house of judgments, in their synagogues they will scourge you,
Acts 5:40And they were persuaded by him, and called the apostles, and scourged them, and commanded them that they should not teach in the name of Jeshu, and loosed them.
Acts 17:5And the Jihudoyee envied, and joined to them evil men from the public place of the city, and made a great multitude, and conturbed the city. And they came and stood at the house of Jason, and demanded that they should bring them out from thence and deliver them to the multitude.
Acts 19:28And when they heard these (words) they were filled with wrath; and they cried, and said, Great is Artemis of the Ephesoyee.
Acts 22:22And when they had heard Paulos until this word, they lifted up their voice, and cried, Take from the earth one like this; for he ought not to live.
2 Corinthians 11:23if they are ministers of the Meshiha,-I speak with defectiveness of mind,-I exceed then! In labours I exceed them, in stripes I exceed them, in chains I exceed them, in deaths many times.
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 →