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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 16:22

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the multitude rose up together against them--so Act 19:28, Act 19:34; Act 21:30; Luk 23:18. the magistrates rent off their--Paul's and Silas' clothes--that is, ordered the lictors, or rod-bearers, to tear them off, so as to expose their naked bodies (see on Act 16:37). The word expresses the roughness with which this was done to prisoners preparatory to whipping. and commanded to beat them--without any trial (Act 16:37), to appease the popular rage. Thrice, it seems, Paul endured this indignity (Co2 11:25).
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