Acts 16:22
And the multitude rose together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them .
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21And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
Cross References
Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
Acts 5:40And to him they assented: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them , they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts 17:5But the Jews who believed not, moved with envy, took to them certain vile fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Acts 19:28And when they heard these sayings , they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Acts 22:22And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a man from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, 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 →