Acts 16:23 meaning and explanation
And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
Acts 16:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul and Silas had been dragged before the magistrates at Philippi by the owners of a slave girl whose fortune-telling income Paul had ended by casting out a spirit. The crowd joined the attack, and the magistrates ordered them stripped and beaten with rods, a Roman punishment carried out by attendants.
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