He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?” declares the Lord God of hosts.
He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night. Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”
And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.
And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.
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