Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 16:20
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Acts16:20
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
The same who are called Rulers: and the word here shews, that they were under the power of the Sword, and ruled by the Romans; tho the Rulers spoken of in the former Verse, might be the Civi[illegible: 1 letter] Magistrates of the City, and the Magistrates here mentioned might be the Commanders of the Forces therein; they carried them, as they did our Saviour, from one [illegible: 1 word] the other, the more to disgrace them, and to obtain the greater punishment for them.
They mention their being Iews, because it was a most odious name unto all Men, by reason of their different Opinions in Religion, and diversity of manners in conversation from all.
Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 18.17. Chap. 17.6.
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