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Acts 16:22
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
Acts 16:22 · Berean Standard Bible
Acts 16:22 in other translations
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.
The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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In context
19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
20 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
21 by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
23 And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
24 On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
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