Acts 16:22
And the crowd stood up together against them: and the magistrates tearing off their garments, commanded the lictors to beat them with rods.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
21and they proclaimed customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, or to do, being Romans.
Cross References
Matthew 10:17Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues;
Acts 5:40And they obeyed him, and having called the apostles, beating them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and sent them away.
Acts 17:5But the Jews giving away to jealousy, and receiving to themselves certain wicked men of those around the forum, and raising a mob, continued to put the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking to lead them out to the people:
Acts 19:28And hearing and being filled with rage, they continued to cry out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Acts 22:22And they continued to hear him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Take away such a one from the earth: for it is not appropriate for him to live.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, 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 →