And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
All Commentaries on Acts 16:20 Go To Acts 16
John Chrysostom
AD 407
Why did they not say, Because they cast out the demon, they were guilty of impiety against God? For this was a defeat to them: but instead of that, they have recourse to a charge of treason (ἐ πὶ καθοσίωσιν): like the Jews when they said, We have no king but Cæsar: whoso makes himself a king speaks against Cæsar. John 19:14 (c) And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
