Acts 16:20
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
In context
18 She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
20 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
21 by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
Acts 16:20 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
- KJV King James Version
- And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
- WEB World English Bible
- When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city
- ASV American Standard Version
- and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;
- DBY Darby Translation
- and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
- WBS Webster Bible
- And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,