“"These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city!": by doing what? Then why did you not drag them hither before this? "Being Jews": the name was in bad odor.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 35
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20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
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18And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
— Acts 16:20 —
21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.