He at once took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. When they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
What do you mean that you beat My people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord God of Hosts.
Then the detachment of soldiers and the commander and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But none of these things mattered to Gallio.
“I said, ‘Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You in every synagogue.
This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I came with soldiers and rescued him.
He even tried to profane the temple. So we seized him and wanted to judge him according to our law.
They agreed with him. When they had called in the apostles, they beat them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.