ACTS 16:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.”
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten — the mob (homothymadon, with one mind) joins the owners' assault, with magistrates authorizing flogging (rhabdizo, to beat with rods). The stripping (ekdyo) adds humiliation to pain, and the beating is severe enough to warrant later mention of many stripes (22:25).
Church Fathers on Acts 16:22
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. Acts 16:22 O the irrational conduct! They did not examine, did not allow them to speak. And yet, such a miracle having taken place, you ought to have worshipped them, ought to have held them as saviors and benefactors. For if money was what ye wished, why, having found so great wealth, did ye not run to it? This makes you more famous, the having power to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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