And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten (or 'scourged') them, х deirantes (G1194)] - for disobeying their orders; possibly also as a compromise with the more violent portion of the Council-too like what Pilate in the case of our Lord, even when pronouncing Him innocent, offered to these same Jewish authorities, and carried into effect (Luke 23:16; John 19:1).