As soon as they were discharg'd, they went to their brethren, and reported all that the chief priests and senators had said to them:

the serjeants having reported what he said, to their officers, they began to be apprehensive upon hearing they were Romans.

these take, and perform the rites of purification with them, contributing to the expence of having their heads shav'd: this will convince them, what has been reported of you, is all groundless, and that you stick to the observances of the law.

and why may we not do evil, that good may come?" which is slanderously reported to be our maxim, by some, whose condemnation is just.