Acts 16:20-22 and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town. ²¹ They are advocating practices which it is against the law for us as Romans to adopt or observe." ²² The crowd also joined in the attack on them, and the magistrates had them stripped and beaten.