The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to 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 the attack against Paul and Silas. The judges ordered that Paul and Silas 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.

We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.

in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;

Are they servants of Christ?( I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,

Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

“ He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness;“ by his wounds you have been healed.”

When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting:“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and all of them rushed into the theater together.Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and they shouted instructions to him. He motioned for silence in order to make a defense before the people.But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours:“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”The city clerk quieted the crowd and said:“ Fellow Ephesians, doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash.You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples nor blasphemed our goddess.If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They can press charges.If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly.As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.”After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.

But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.

But Paul said to the officers:“ They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”

The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“ Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there,“ Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it.“ What are you going to do?” he asked.“ This man is a Roman citizen.”

The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.