## 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.