The crowd joined the attack against Paul and Silas. The judges ordered that Paul and Silas be stripped and beaten with rods.

众人就一同起来攻击他们。官长吩咐剥了他们的衣裳，用棍打；

群众就一齐起来攻击他们。官长们吩咐撕开他们的衣裳，用棍子打；

群众就一齐起来攻击他们。官长们吩咐撕开他们的衣裳，用棍子打；

于是，大家都一起攻击他们，官长下令剥掉他们的衣服，杖打他们。

群众一齐起来攻击他们，裁判官就剥去他们的衣服，下令用棍子打他们。

那群人就一同起来反对保罗和赛拉斯。官长们就剥了他们的衣服，下令用棍子打，

眾人就一同起來攻擊他們。官長吩咐剝了他們的衣裳，用棍打；

羣眾就一齊起來攻擊他們。官長們吩咐撕開他們的衣裳，用棍子打；

羣眾就一齊起來攻擊他們。官長們吩咐撕開他們的衣裳，用棍子打；

於是，大家都一起攻擊他們，官長下令剝掉他們的衣服，杖打他們。

群眾一齊起來攻擊他們，裁判官就剝去他們的衣服，下令用棍子打他們。

羣眾一齊起來攻擊他們，官長就撕破他們的衣裳，發命令用棍子打。

那群人就一同起來反對保羅和賽拉斯。官長們就剝了他們的衣服，下令用棍子打，

羣眾起攻之、上憲命褫其衣、杖之、

眾群起攻之、幕府令人褫其衣、杖焉、

眾齊起訟之、上官命人褫其衣、杖之、

傷痕徧體、乃收之獄、諭獄吏嚴守之。

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

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

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

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

The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.

Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

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

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

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

The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

You know what happened earlier in the city of Philippi. We suffered, and people treated us very badly there. But God gave us the boldness to tell you his good news. We preached to you even when people strongly opposed us.

We don’t give up when we are beaten or put in prison. When people stir up trouble in the streets, we continue to serve God. We work hard for him. We go without sleep and food.

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him even more. I’m out of my mind to talk like this! I have worked much harder. I have been in prison more often. I have suffered terrible beatings. Again and again I almost died.Five times the Jews gave me 39 strokes with a whip.Three times I was beaten with sticks. Once they tried to kill me by throwing stones at me. Three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

Some were made fun of and even whipped. Some were held by chains. Some were put in prison.

“ He himself carried our sins” in his body on the cross.( Isaiah 53:5) He did it so that we would die as far as sins are concerned. Then we would lead godly lives.“ His wounds have healed you.”( Isaiah 53:5)

When they heard this, they became very angry. They began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”Soon people were making trouble in the whole city. They all rushed into the theater. They dragged Gaius and Aristarchus along with them. These two men had come with Paul from Macedonia.Paul wanted to appear in front of the crowd. But the believers wouldn’t let him.Some of the officials in Asia Minor were friends of Paul. They sent him a message, begging him not to go into the theater.The crowd didn’t know what was going on. Some were shouting one thing and some another. Most of the people didn’t even know why they were there.The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front. They tried to tell him what to say. But he motioned for them to be quiet. He was about to give the people reasons for his actions.But then they realized that he was a Jew. So they all shouted the same thing for about two hours.“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” they yelled.The city clerk quieted the crowd down.“ People of Ephesus!” he said.“ The city of Ephesus guards the temple of the great Artemis. The whole world knows this. They know that Ephesus guards her statue, which fell from heaven.These facts can’t be questioned. So calm down. Don’t do anything foolish.These men haven’t robbed any temples. They haven’t said evil things against our female god. But you have brought them here anyhow.Demetrius and the other skilled workers may feel they have been wronged by someone. Let them bring charges. The courts are open. We have our governors.Is there anything else you want to bring up? Settle it in a court of law.As it is, we are in danger of being charged with a crime. We could be charged with causing all this trouble today. There is no reason for it. So we wouldn’t be able to explain what has happened.”After he said this, he sent the people away.

At that time Gallio was governor of Achaia. The Jews of Corinth got together and attacked Paul. They brought him into court.

But other Jews were jealous. So they rounded up some evil people from the market place. Forming a crowd, they started all kinds of trouble in the city. The Jews rushed to Jason’s house. They were looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out to the crowd.

But Paul replied to the officers.“ They beat us in public,” he said.“ We weren’t given a trial. And we are Roman citizens! They threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and personally lead us out.”

The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted,“ Kill him! He isn’t fit to live!”They shouted and threw off their coats. They threw dust into the air.So the commanding officer ordered that Paul be taken into the fort. He gave orders for Paul to be whipped and questioned. He wanted to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.A commander was standing there as they stretched Paul out to be whipped. Paul said to him,“ Does the law allow you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”When the commander heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it.“ What are you going to do?” the commander asked.“ This man is a Roman citizen.”

The whole city was stirred up. People came running from all directions. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Right away the temple gates were shut.The people were trying to kill Paul. But news reached the commander of the Roman troops. He heard that people were making trouble in the whole city of Jerusalem.

Pilate let Barabbas go free. But he had Jesus whipped. Then he handed him over to be nailed to a cross.

His speech won the leaders over. They called the apostles in and had them whipped. The leaders ordered them not to speak in Jesus’ name. Then they let the apostles go.

Watch out! You will be handed over to the local courts. You will be whipped in the synagogues.