Acts 16:22

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

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

New International Version

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the people rushed together against them. And the magistrates, tearing their tunics, ordered them to be beaten with staffs