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20 And they brought them to the governors, saying, “These Jewish men trouble our city,

21 “and preach ordinances which are not lawful for us to receive, nor to observe, seeing we are Romans!”

22 Then the people rose up together against them. And the governors tore their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

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20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar(A) 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans(B) to accept or practice.”(C)

22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.(D)

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