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Acts 16:22 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verse 22
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.Acts 16:22 · King James Version
Acts 16:22 in context
20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- magistratesstratēgosthe commander of an army, in the NT a civic commander, a governor, the name the highest…G4755 →
- multitudeochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- commandedkeleuōto command, to orderG2753 →
- togethersynephistēmito place over or appoint together, to rise up together, against oneG4911 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- clotheshimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
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Paul and his companions, though they were for some time buried in obscurity at Philippi, yet now begin to be taken notice of. I. A damsel that had a spirit of divination caused them to be taken notice of, by proclaiming them to be the servants of God. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-24