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Acts 16:22

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

The whole crowd turned on them, and the officials literally ripped the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes doing the right thing gets you hurt by people who don't want to hear the truth.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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