Acts 16:22 meaning and explanation
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
Acts 16:22, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul and Silas had been dragged before the magistrates of Philippi by the owners of a slave girl whose income from fortune telling had ended when Paul cast out the spirit (verses 16 to 19). The charge was that they were Jews promoting customs unlawful for Romans.
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