22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.


In Context

19 When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar

21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."

22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.

23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

24 Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Acts 16:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:22And the people ran together against them; and the magistrates rending off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22And the multitude rose together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.