KJV ORIGINAL
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The commanding officer ordered Paul to be taken into the fortress and said he should be interrogated with whips and beatings to figure out why the crowd was so angry at him.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When you can't understand the situation, violence isn't the answer — but sometimes people in power think it is.
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