## they all took ##

"everyone took" or "all of them grabbed". This is a hyperbole because every single member of the crowd could not take him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

##  Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue ##

A Jewish ruler of the synagogue at Corinth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## beat him ##

"hit him" or "punched him". Sosthenes was physically beaten.