 and they teach customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, listen to that, self-righteousness, to receive or observe these customs. That's the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ. So then the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods. And when they had laid many stripes on them, that means they beat the heck out of them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.