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Acts 16:22

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16:22The crowd joined the attack90 against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes91 off Paul and Silas92 and ordered them to be beaten with rods.93

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Footnotes

  1. 90 L&N 39.50 has “the crowd joined the attack against them” for συνεπέστη (sunepestē) in this verse.
  2. 91 Grk “tearing the clothes off them, the magistrates ordered.” The participle περιρήξαντες (perirēxantes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Although it may be possible to understand the aorist active participle περιρήξαντες in a causative sense (“the magistrates caused the clothes to be torn off Paul and Silas”) in the mob scene that was taking place, it is also possible that the magistrates themselves actively participated. This act was done to prepare them for a public flogging (2 Cor 11:25; 1 Thess 2:2).
  3. 92 Grk “off them”; the referents (Paul and Silas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 93 The infinitive ῥαβδίζειν (rhabdizein) means “to beat with rods or sticks” (as opposed to fists or clubs, ῥαβδίζω).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

NLTNew Living Translation

A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the crowd joined in attacking them, and the chief magistrates tore off their clothing and gave orders to beat them with rods.

KJV 1900King James Version

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