Acts 16:22
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Acts 16:22 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
- 2 hapax legomena — only here in the Greek New Testament
- 3 first appearances in the Greek New Testament
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates, tearing off their garments, commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with roddes.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And the people ran together against them; and the magistrates rending off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat `them' with rods,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat [them] with rods,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Then the crowd rose up together against Paul and Silas; the magistrates tore their garments off them and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates, tearing off their garments, commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them].
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And the multitude rose together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
The crowd joined together in an attack on them. The magistrates tore off Paul and Silas' clothes, and ordered them beaten with rods.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
The crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And the people ranne on them and the officers rent their clothes and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.
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- Appears 1× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Indicative
- Person
- 3rd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- συνεπέστη synephístēmi G4911 “to appoint together” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ὄχλος óchlos G3793 “multitude” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- κατ’ katá G2596 “down” Preposition
- αὐτῶν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- οἱ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- στρατηγοὶ stratēgós G4755 “commander” Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- περιρήξαντες perirrhḗgnymi G4048 “to break off” Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- αὐτῶν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
- τὰ ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Plural, Neuter
- ἱμάτια himátion G2440 “garment” Noun, Accusative, Plural, Neuter
- ἐκέλευον keleúō G2753 “to command” Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- ῥαβδίζειν rhabdízō G4463 “to beat” Verb, Present, Active, Infinitive
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- words
- 11
- distinct lemmas
- Acts
- section
Notable vocabulary
2 hapax legomena — words that appear only here in the entire Greek New Testament:
First appearance in Scripture
These words make their first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
ῥαβδίζειν to beat G4463 occurs in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Cross-references
14Topical passages linked to Acts 16:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Gospel of God in much conflict.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
- Acts 22:22–26 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–25 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
- Hebrews 11:36 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
- Matthew 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
- Matthew 27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
- Acts 5:40 They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 16:37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most assuredly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"
- Acts 17:5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
- Acts 18:12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
- Acts 19:28–41 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
- Acts 21:30–31 All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
- 1 Peter 2:24 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
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Lesson kit
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Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 15 words (11 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is synephístēmi (“to appoint together”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “to appoint together” (synephístēmi) shape what this verse is saying?
- This verse holds 2 words here found nowhere else in the Greek New Testament. What might the rare words draw attention to?
- 3 words here appear for the first time in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
- 2 Corinthians 11:25 shares the word «to beat» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in the Greek New Testament.
- 3 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 11 distinct Greek lemmas span 15 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Acts 16:22 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.