He at once took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?” says the Lord God of hosts.
So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him.
And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to this.
And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in thee.
This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
So they took his advice, and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.