Act 16:20. Στρατηγοῖς, to the magistrates) These administered at once the civil and military power: however, they were inferior to the rulers, οἱ ἄρχοντες, Act 16:19, with which comp. Act 16:22, note [wherein it appears that these στρατηγοὶ, magistrates, stripped off the clothes of Paul, an act which the ἄρχοντες would not have been likely to have stooped to].-ἐκταράσσουσιν, exceedingly trouble) They mean to say, These men bring the city from (ἐκ) a state of peace into disturbances.-πόλιν, city) Their private interest was the real motive hidden beneath; the public interest is made the ostensible plea.-Ἰουδαῖοι, Jews) An invidious appellation [they employ it to excite odium against them]. The antithesis is Romans.