And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
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Interpretation
Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false preachers of the gospel, who are confounded with them by careless observers.
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This thought runs through Acts 16:19-23.